Freedom's Eve Wilmington Celebration

620 Nixon Street,Wilmington NC 28401

31 December, 2022

Description

This New Year's Eve, join us for an annual daytime Watch Night and Emancipation Day Celebration to bring in the new year reflecting on the importance of Freedom's Eve, as a community. On December 31, 1862, Gullah Geechee people gathered in churches to await the new year that would signal the end of slavery by the Emancipation Proclamation going into effect on New Year's Day! Our Freedom's Eve Charleston Celebration will be hosted by Dr. Eric Crawford, and features performances by The Magnolia Singers of Charleston, SC, Storyteller Dontavius Williams of Edgemoor, SC, the NC Ring Shouters of Wilmington, SC, the African American Dance Ensemble of Durham, NC and more!