PENNSYLVANIA
Farrell
Farrell, PA will have their first Juneteenth Celebration on Saturday, June 20, 1998 from 12Noon - 9PM
at Veteran's Square & Spearman Avenue, Farrell, PA 16121 The celebration will include
local Gospel Choirs, Teenage Art Contest, Art and Food Vendors
and lots of fun and community involvment. Contact person is Olive Brown 724/981-3856
Philadelphia
GERMANTOWN JUNETEENTH FREEDOM FESTIVAL JUNE
19-21 1998 11am-1pm June 19 Market Square(School House
Ln & Gtn Ave) Libation, Amistad a Dramatic Experience. 3pm Northwest Regional library
(storytelling) 6pm-midnight Juneteenth Awards Jubilation.
June 20 10:30 am Parade Noon-8pm Vernon Park Marketplace Venders,Children`s Activities, Holistic Fair, Film Festival NW Community College,Art show,Workshops. June 21 Noon-8pm Mellon
Jazz festival,Venders Children`s events, Marketplace.
CONTACT RON BROWN (215) 849-5402 OR JAMES BATTLE (215) 951-4783
Pittsburg
20 June 1998 10AM-5PM The Heinz
Regional History Center 1212 Smallman Street Contact: Tracey Tisdale Richardson (412) 454-
6373
"Juneteenth Family Reunion" celebrating family
histories and African-American traditions. The roles African-Americans have played in SW
Pennsylvania, storytelling, Double-Dutch contest, family games,
traditional W. African dance and drumming workshop and of course,food--bar-b-que.
The "John & Sarah" Exhibit, tracing one man's family from Pittsburgh back to
Vance County, North Carolina and slavery. The "Pittsburgh Rhythms" Exhibit
features famous Black jazz musicians from Pittsburgh and SW Pennsylvania.