Westfield African American History Trolley Tour: 1720 to Present

140 Mountain Avenue,Westfield NJ 07090

19 June, 2021

Description

Take a Juneteenth trolley tour of African American History in Westfield. Tours at 10:00am, 12:00, and 2:00pm on Saturday, June 19, 2021. The Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Association of Westfield is celebrating Juneteenth with a special African American history trolley ride through Westfield. The roughly 90-minute tour will include live narration and will visit sites that anchor the 300 years of African American history in town. The trolley tour will include among other sites, the Burial Grounds of the Presbyterian Church, Fairview Cemetery, Westfield’s Black professional zone, Brightwood Park and places where Zora Neale Hurston, Langston Hughes, and Paul Robeson lived. The tour, which will run rain or shine, begins at the Presbyterian Church parking lot on Mountain Avenue. Seats on the tour are limited and registration is required. There is a $10 registration fee. Proceeds will be used to further the MLK Association’s work, specifically its African American History Project. There are three time slots on June 19th, at 10am, noon and 2pm. For further questions please email: [email protected]