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Destination Norristown Arts Hill: Creating change through creativity The Norristown Arts Festival brings together talents from across the Philadelphia region for a day of food, fun and entertainment for people of all ages. Showcasing local and regional talents the festival strives to bring new life to the Norristown community through the arts. Visit www.norristownartshill.org for directions and more information.

Monday, June 13, 2011

2nd Annual JUNETEENTH Event- June 19th


Rich Bradford on Main Street

A walking tour of downtown Norristown with dramatic performances to
celebrate Emancipation Day.
10:30am-3pm
Tours begin approximately 
every 30 minutes 


from The Centre Theater at 208 DeKalb Street Norristown.

The tours are free but there is limited space per tour so make reservations for a specific tour start time.
Reservations can be made by calling
610-279-1013 or emailing  

Seidah Hill Durante as Harriet Tubman
Featuring
Slave Narratives
Speeches from
African  American History by
Richard Bradford,
Maurice Tucker,
Bob Weick,
Seidah Hill Durante,
Chadwick Rawlings
NAACP Youth Council members  
act as tour guides.

Watch a video from last year's performances. 

Juneteenth Montage
Juneteenth Montage
Sponsored by TD Bank, Milligan and Co. LLC,
H and H Realty Partners, Spotless Maintenance
Make your reservations today.
  
This year's tours will take the guests down Main Street. Stops include The Montgomery County Courthouse, which overlooks the site of the First Baptist Church, now gone, where Sojourner Truth and Fredrick Douglass spoke and invigorated the Underground Railroad and abolitionist movement in the region. The tour will also include the site of the abolitionist organization on Anne Street and the black veteran's memorial on Hancock Square at the Montgomery County Courthouse.


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