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Paterson
- Women of Wisdom presents Paterson’s 1999 I.M.O.T.A. (In Memory of the Ancestors)
Parade & Juneteenth Festival!!! Saturday, June 19, 1999 (Rain Date: June 26) ALL ARE
WELCOME!!! Everyone who wants to publicly demonstrate cultural diversity and community
pride is invited to "CELEBRATE OUR ANCESTRY" For more information, contact
Antoinette Brevard, c/o Women of Wisdom, PO Box 6972, Paterson, NJ 07509, or call (973)
345-1783.
Orange
- HELLO MY NAME IS ALLEN BARNHARDT,COUNCILMAN FROM ORANGE, NEW JERSEY 07050. WE ARE
PLANNING OUR FIRST JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION 6/16/99 AT OUR OWN CENTRAL PARK LOCATED ON
CENTRAL AVENUE HERE IN ORANGE. WE HAVE NOT COMPLETED THE AGENDA AS YET. THE TIME IS SET
FOR 12 NOON TO 5PM. MY E-MAIL ADDRESS IS; JJAMU@AOL.COM OR MR. DARRYL HOLCOLM 973-266-4082
DARRYL IS COORDINATING OUR EVENT.
Browns Mills
- I bring you greetings in the name of Jesus and from Friendship A.M.E. Church in Browns
Mills New Jersey. On June 18th, The Mamie Anderson Missionary Society presents
"DARAJU" It is a celebration of the African American people from where they
started beginning with the "Kings & Queens" of Africa to Generation X.
Juneteenth is a big part of black history and it will be one of the presentations at this
blessed celebration of the African American people. Please come out and celebrate with us
as we gather together as one. Donations are $10.00 If interested please contact me. Kenya
Bradley at kenyanjeff@worldnet.att.net
Rahway
- Come celebrate with us!!! Bring the family and friends!!!! Black Professionals of
America United (BPAU) presents: A Juneteenth Barbecue, A Celebration of Our Emancipation!
When: Saturday, June 19, 1999 Where: Rahway Masonic Home - Rahway, New Jersey Time: 11:30
AM - 5:00 PM Price: $7 for children and $12 for adults Activities include: African
storytelling & facepainting for the children, horseshoes, tug 'o' war, potato sack
race, egg toss, limbo, dance contest and more! Food and prizes!!! We are also having a
BLUE RIBBON BEST BARBECUE CONTEST for all the Dads in honor of Father's Day!! Please
R.S.V.P. via e-mail at jmholmes@lucent.com by May 28th or call Monique Holmes at
973-386-2198 We'll have a ball and learn a little something more about our history too!!
Hope to see you there!!!
- The NAACP of Rahway, NJ will holding their first Juneteenth Celebration June 19, 1999 on
the lawn of Grover Cleveland Elementary School..in Rahway NJ. The Juneteenth Celebration
under the directorship of Mrs. Shirley Palmer a native of Dallas, Texas will begin at
11:00 am with a ceremony and the reciting of the Emancipation Procolomation..there will
plenty of bbq, watermelon,music,local entertainment and kiddie rides for the children...
For more information contact tlswlg@aol.com
Egg Harbor
- Juneteenth Community Celebration Sat. June 19, 1999 So. Egg Harbor Playground So. Egg
Harbor, NJ 08215 Sponsored by Epoch Creations President; Iola Brazelton Email- Icbraz
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