JUNETEENTH 2020
IN ORANGE, VA

Juneteenth commemorates June 19, 1865: the day that the Union soldiers landed at Galveston, Texas with news that the war had ended and that the enslaved were now free.

Since 2007, The Arts Center in Orange has worked in collaboration with The Orange County African American Historical Society to celebrate Juneteenth in Orange, VA. Beginning in 2016, James Madison’s Montpelier joined us in co-hosting the annual event. Despite being unable to host this year’s celebration in person, all three organizations are working together to celebrate this important day both online and on Main Street in Orange.

Visit our online Juneteenth program for 2020, featuring news clippings from the archive of the Orange County African American Historical Society and other projects surrounding a central theme of Juneteenth: homecoming.