Juneteenth Archives - Black Heritage Trail NH

AMISTAD TOUR DESCRIPTION

TOUR DESCRIPTIONS Registration Information will be posted shortly. Please call (603)570-8469 or email Dariya Steele for updates and more information. SCHOOL TOUR DESCRIPTION: Students will enjoy a 60-minute tour of the 128-foot recreation of the Amistad ship. The tour will delve into how and why the reconstruction was built, the differences from the original, and how we use the Amistad ship today. Everyone on board will learn about the Amistad story, beginning with its origins in West Africa, followed by…

THE AMISTAD – STUDENT TOURS

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Juneteenth Celebration 2025

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BHTNH 2025 Juneteenth Celebration A Reckoning: Reclaiming the Past, Remembering Black Voices, Reshaping the Future June 8, 10-15, & 19 The celebration includes a movie screening and discussion, history tours, a gospel choir concert, a panel discussion, and celebrations, including a freedom dinner and an African drumming ceremony. In challenging times, it can be difficult to have productive conversations about the past and its significance for the future. This is especially true when historical facts about America’s past,…

Juneteenth Celebration 2024

Juneteenth

Dreaming Black Art: Gateways to a New Awareness June 7, 13, & 19 The celebration includes an artist reception, an In-debt Conversation, a live concert, a children’s drumming workshop, African drumming, and more. Masculinity and manhood are hot topics in the United States today. Debates over the correct role of men in society fill our political and social discussions. Some men feel that they are under attack just for performing their male role in “traditional” ways, while others (men and…

Camille A. Brown & Dancers/Every Body Move with the Black Heritage Trail of NH

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Introducing a new and exciting way to move to the rhythm! Offered for FREE* by Camille A. Brown’s community engagement initiative, EVERY BODY MOVE, this series of Social Dance workshops are designed to introduce you to the rich history and cultural significance of dances that have shaped the African American community. The experienced and passionate instructor, Ethel Calhoun, will guide you every step of the way, ensuring you have a fun and rewarding experience while you develop your skills…

Reggae Festival

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Chanting Down Babylon: Redemption Songs of the Diaspora Saturday, June 17th, 2023 | Noon – 10:00 PM | Strawbery Banke Live Music, Food & Craft Vendors, Drumming, Dance, Kids Activities & More Chanting Down Babylon: Redemption Songs of the Diaspora It is not an overstatement to say that world culture has been influenced by Jamaican reggae music and culture. With its roots grounded in an African sensibility of expressing philosophical words through music, its slow rhythmic beat, its militant, rebellious,…

Thank you for registering for FROM AFRICA TO AMERICA: WE ARE THE DRUMS

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Thank you for registering for the Howard University Gospel Choir Concert: FROM AFRICA TO AMERICA: WE ARE THE DRUMS Monday, June 19 | 2:00 PM | Gospel Choir Performance | South Church, Portsmouth This concert will be held on Monday, June 19 at 2:00PM at South Church, 292 State Street, Portsmouth, NH 03801 Click HERE for directions. If you would like to learn more about our Juneteenth Celebration, visit our website here. Thanks to our sponsors and donors, this panel…

Juneteenth Celebration 2023

Juneteenth

Reading the Bones: Celebrating the African Diaspora June 10, 15, 16, 17, 18 & 19, 2023 The celebration includes a tour, a panel discussion, a Reggae festival, a gospel choir concert, African drumming, and more… Reading the bones is both an ancient and modern form of divination found in all civilizations. Divination is among the earliest human spiritual practices concerned with choosing actions that were in accord with the “will of heaven” to allay uncertainty, heal illness, or navigate issues…

Juneteenth Celebration 2022

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Tour, Panel Discussion, Gospel Choir Concert, Step Dance Performance, Community Art Project, and More June 10, 2022 – June 20, 2022 Public art shapes how we see our world. Whether a performance that lives in memory, a sculpture that dominates a public concourse, or a mural that imagines the future, public art provides us with a sense of our own humanity and shared experience. Public art can tell a story, bring history into the present, and correct past injustices.…

The Black Heritage Trail of New Hampshire Invites the Public to a Healing Ceremony at the Portsmouth African Burying Ground

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The Black Heritage Trail of New Hampshire will hold its closing Juneteenth celebratory event on June 19, 3:00 PM, at the African Burying Ground in Portsmouth with a special program: Dance of the Ancestors: Ritual, Chants, Drumming, and Movement. The event is free and open to the public. Fashioned after a traditional West African Egungun ritual and live streaming from the Portsmouth African Burying Ground, the event features chants and dance by Ifa priest Chief Wande Abimbola and Chief Oscar Mokeme from the Nmuo Society. The Chiefs…