APS : Where To Observe Juneteenth

Akron OH

09 June, 2022

3:10 PM

Description

Press release from Akron Public Schools: June 09, 2022 The Summit County Historical Society will host Juneteenth programing June 17-19 with three free programs on three different days in three local locations. June 17, 10:30 a.m. - Farm Friday at Perkins Stone Mansion (550 Copley Road) for preschool-grade 6 students June 18, 10:30 a.m. - Community Talk Back; 12:15 p.m. - Healthy Soul Food demo; noon-3 p.m. - Conversations of Grace (all on the grounds of the John Brown House, 514 Diagonal Road); new Akron Juneteenth merchandise will be for sale June 19, 9 a.m. - Juneteenth Akron History Hike to the John Brown Monument at the Akron Zoo (505 Euclid Ave.); does not include zoo admission fee For more information, visit summithistory.org; email [email protected]; or call 330.671.5370. This press release was produced by Akron Public Schools. The views expressed here are the author's own.