[Vision2020] Juneteenth

[Tom Hansen]

Juneteenth (celebrated every June 19th) is the oldest nationally
celebrated commemoration of the ending of slavery in the United States.

Juneteenth 2009 . . .

In Syracuse, New York
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SdELCA7Kfg

At Weston Ranch High School (Stockton, California)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MbYHXSCRV4

At the Toledo Museum of Art (Toledo, Ohio)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9DggStI8BA

At the Apache Cafe' (Atlanta, Georgia)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9tTh7ZEJTc

In Beeville, Texas
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycLEWMaxXEs

In Anniston, Alabama
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H39rF2-iP-I

At Fort Smith, Arkansas
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9cb1DA6Y-o

At Washington Park (Roanoke, Virginia)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUOc7XEj9P4

In Berkeley, California
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiTYEYCin4g

In Williamsport, Pennsylvania
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INW31RjEnRo

In St. Petersburg, Florida
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMNDcdAXdoQ



Question:  What is Moscow, Idaho doing to celebrate Juneteenth?



Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho

"When freedom came she came without deliberate speed, but she came in the
bosom of hope.

Freedom had been conceived, and birthed by the barren by those who had
labored for another.

And freedom had been nurtured, and reared, by those childless by those who
had suckled another's.

When freedom came . . . She came without deliberate speed.  But she came
in the courage of survivors.

Freedom had been sought for, and fought for, by the captive who knew a
better day would spring forth.

And freedom had been dreamt of, and planned for, by the patient who now
rejoice, that her day is here."

- Author and poet Kenneth H. Burton (2004)