Juneteenth

from UCAC 2018 Juneteenth Program

Latrice Carr ADULT CONTEMPORARY ARTIST

1. What is Juneteenth?

a) An occasion to celebrate the month of June b) A holiday to commemorate the end of slavery in the U.S. c) A summer festival a) 14 b) 15 c) 17 d) 19 e) 30 a) South Carolina b) Georgia c) Mississippi d) Texas e) Alabama a) George Washington b) Abraham Lincoln c) Thomas Jefferson d) Lyndon B. Johnson a) Hispanics b) Whites c) Blacks d) Native Americans a) Yes, it is a national holiday b) No, it is mostly a state holiday a) The 13th b) The 15th c) The 19th d) The 21st a) Confederate states b) Western states c) Neither a) Nevada b) Alaska c) Maine d) Idaho e) Montana

2. Juneteenth is observed annually on June ______.

3. The celebration of Juneteenth is believed to have originated from which U.S. state?

4. Which U.S. president issued the Emancipation Proclamation that started the process to end slavery?

5. Juneteenth is passionately celebrated by which minority group?

6. Is Juneteenth a federal holiday?

7. What was the constitutional amendment that formally outlawed slavery?

8. The American Civil War, which played a critical role in the abolition of slavery, was between the Union states and the ________.

9. Which of these U.S. states does NOT recognize Juneteenth as a state holiday or day of observance?

Congratulations to the Unified Committee for Afro-American Contributions (UCAC) on another successful and empowering Juneteenth Celebration. Through UCAC’s unwavering commitment to honoring African American contributions to the development of St. Mary’s county, our community’s history is strengthened and celebrated. I am deeply indebted to all that UCAC has done and continues to do in pushing St. Mary’s County forward, and I am honored to be celebrating with this resilient community at UCAC’s 15th annual Juneteeth Celebration.

–Brian M. Crosby

Bethesda United Methodist Church

19309 St. George’s Church Road, Valley Lee, Maryland 20692

Rev. Irvin R. Beverly, Pastor

The land for the first Bethesda church was deeded in 1830. The church was erected and remained active until the Civil War days when the building was destroyed by fire. The second church was constructed sometime after 1866. In 1889 the church lot was enlarged and the third church was built in 1911.

Weekly services are still being held in this structure . Congratulations on your 14th Annual Juneteenth Celebration

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UCAC & 2018 Juneteenth Committee

District Deputy Grand Master

David M. Pollard II

Calvin Orr Jason Luter Gregory Hall

Worshipful Master Senior Warden Junior Warden

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Congratulatons UCAC on your

Joseph A. Egans Lodge #104 (PHA) Valley Lee, Maryland

15th Annual Juneteenth Celebraton

UCAC & 2018 Juneteenth Committee

District Deputy Grand Master

David M. Pollard II

Calvin Orr Jason Luter Gregory Hall

Worshipful Master Senior Warden Junior Warden

Pride of St Mary’s Lodge No.1120 & Temple 782

19828 Piney Point Road

Piney Point, Md. 20692

Exalted Ruler Kurt Miller

Daughter Ruler Linda Herbert

Joseph A. Egans Lodge #104 (PHA) Valley Lee, Maryland

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UCAC & 2018 Juneteenth Committee

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22769 Three Notch Rd California, MD 20619

District Deputy Grand Master

Office: 301-862-4100 Fax: 301-862-4673

David M. Pollard II

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Calvin Orr Jason Luter Gregory Hall

2018 Juneteenth Celebration

Valley Lee, Maryland

We join with many others in ‘Celebrating Women’. In celebrating not only the trailblazers and innovators but those women who choose to be the strong wind that supports and enables others to fly.

Congratulations to the Unified Committee for Afro

- American Contributions on its 15th Annual

Juneteenth Celebration

Juneteenth Celebrations

A day for all Americans to celebrate African American history and rejoice in their freedom and maintaining good health

“When health is absent, wisdom cannot reveal itself, art cannot manifest, strength cannot fght, wealth becomes useless, and intelligence cannot be applied. ”