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Freedom Before Emancipation: Family Day for Juneteenth

Mount Vernon

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A row of Revolutionary War reenactors firing their muskets in a field
  • George Washington's Mount Vernon
    3200 Mount Vernon Memorial Highway
    Mount Vernon, Virginia 22121
  • 9:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. ET

Join Mount Vernon as we celebrate Juneteenth by remembering how enslaved people resisted enslavement and sought freedom before the Emancipation Proclamation.

See special character performances from actors portraying Ona Judge, Christopher Sheels, and Hercules Posey. Plus, take a tour of the estate, watch spinning, cooking, and blacksmith demonstrations, and honor the lives of the enslaved at a commemoration ceremony.

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