|
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 |
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.
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
Subscribe to Post Comments [Atom]
<< Home