Juneteenth Jubilee Lowell 2024
Sat, Jun 15
|Lowell
Come on out and celebrate Juneteenth 2024. Each year we have something different. This is open to the general public and furry friends. More to come as we get closer, subject to change.
Time & Location
Jun 15, 2024, 12:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Lowell, 5 Billerica St, Lowell, MA 01852, USA
About The Event
This event is open to the general public and we welcome furry friends. Kindly bring your own lawn chair.
Juneteenth (officially Juneteenth National Independence Day) is a federal holiday in the United States commemorating the ending of slavery in the United States.
The name is a combination of the words "June" and "nineteenth", as it is celebrated on the anniversary of June 19, 1865, when some of the last enslaved persons were informed that slavery effectively ended in the United States.
This year we intend to host the Juneteenth Jubilee on Saturday, 15 June 2024 from 12pm to 6pm, again at Muldoon Park, 5 Billerica Street, Lowell, MA.
Our Juneteenth Jubilee lineup is intended to include (subject to change):
- Lowell Author Chris Boucher, with a reading and book signing
- Mr. Boucher’s Book is, “The Original Bucky Lew” and is about Harry Haskell Lew (January 4, 1884 – October 1963) an American basketball player, who is known as the first black professional basketball player and from Lowell
- Bucky Lew’s granddaughter, Ms. Wendy, who will also be honored later in the night by the Massachusetts Pirates, Indoor Football League, in Lowell.
- We may either raffle, giveaway and/or include in some way, a Massachusetts Pirates, Indoor Football League, Game Day Experience
- Pollard Memorial Library’s Bookmobile will be present with specially curated books for the occasion
- Information tables including, yet not limited to, and subject to change:
- The notable Sci Fi Author from Lowell, Mr. Matthew H. Jones
- The Colony Honey
- Free items (books, clothes, other)
- Voter Registration
- An extensive outdoor exhibit featuring the history of Juneteenth, and associated informational displays
- Yard games for the family
- Free Gumbo/Drinks
- Limited supply giveaway bags
- Music
We understand that there may be competing interests for your participation in various worthy events, and we hope that our event rises to the level of importance for your attendance and participation.
For more information on this event, contact us via www.blacklowellcoalition.com