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WASHINGTON JUNETEENTH 2008
June 17-21, 2008
Last Updated 3/23/08
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Tuesday
June 17th |
Juneteenth 3 Kilometer (1.86 Mile) Run (to be confirmed!)
12noon
DC Road Runners Club
Entrance of FDR Memorial
Washington, DC
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Wednesday
June 18th |
2nd Annual Juneteenth Observance Program (to be confirmed!)
Civil Rights Division of the District Department of Transportation
12:00noon
Rev. Ronald V. Myers, Sr., M.D., Chairman
National Juneteenth Observance Foundation
The Reeves Center
2000 14th Street, N.W.
Washington, DC
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Thursday
June 19th |
National Juneteenth
Congressional Reception
12:00noon
Congressman Danny K. Davis (D-IL), Host
Senator Barack Obama (D-IL), Co-Host
(Room to be determined!)
U.S. Capitol Building
Washington, DC
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Friday
June 20th |
NATIONAL DAY OF RECONCILIATION & HEALING
FROM THE LEGACY OF ENSLAVEMENT
National Juneteenth Black Holocaust
"MAAFA"
Memorial Service and National Juneteenth Prayer Service
11:30am
Rev. Ronald V. Myers, Sr., M.D., Chairman
National Juneteenth Christian Leadership Council
"Reading of the Names" (Victims of Lynchings in America)
Presentation of the Dr. James Cameron National Juneteenth Leadership Award
Honoring
Dr. James Cameron, Founder
America's Black Holocaust Museum
Poetry by Pierre L. Sutton, Jr. & Kevin Reeves (invited!)
Gospel Music by Lisa Winn (invited!)
Lincoln Park United Methodist Church
Rev. Harold D. Lewis, Sr., Pastor
1301 North Carolina, N.E.
Washington, DC
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Sunday
June 22nd |
National Juneteenth Worship Service
10:45am Rev. Cornelius Wheeler, Pastor
Vermont Avenue Baptist Church
1630 Vermont Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC
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