Slice of History: Local History Game Night!
2023-06-01 19:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Filson Historical Society x Liberty Hall Historic Site, 642 Baxter Ave, Louisville, KY, 40204, United States
It’s time for History on Tap at Hi-Wire Brewing!
Come celebrate Kentucky Statehood Day and the kick off of Civic Season with your local history organizations, the Filson Historical Society and Liberty Hall Historic Site! The Commonwealth of Kentucky was admitted to the Union as the 15th state on June 1, 1792. Grab a pint at Hi-Wire or a slice of pizza from Goodfellas Pizzeria and settle in for some local history-centric games. Prizes awarded!

July 4th: Citizenship Ceremony at Monticello
2023-06-02 10:00 - 12:00 UTC | Monticello, 1050 Monticello Loop, Charlottesville, VA, 22902, United States
Every year, Monticello’s West Portico becomes an outdoor courtroom where dozens of individuals take the Oath of Citizenship to become Americans. This ceremony is marked by music from the Charlottesville Municipal Band and the Old Line Fife and Drum Corps. After the ceremony, visitors enjoy root beer floats and children’s activities on the West Lawn.

Juneteenth and Black Music Month
2023-06-14 10:00 - 13:00 (America/Chicago) | Missouri History Museum, 5700 Lindell Boulevard, St. Louis, MO, 63112, United States
June is an important month in Black history: It’s when we celebrate both Juneteenth (June 19) and Black Music Month! Juneteenth commemorates the end of slavery in the United States. Learn about a local connection to Clara Brown, a pioneer and formerly enslaved person, through a musical presented by Mama Lisa and Fundisha Enterprises. Take a hip-hop workshop with the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, enjoy a drum circle with an African djembe, and much more.
This program is presented in collaboration with Fundisha Enterprises.

Civic Season: Juneteenth Keynote - From New Orleans to Galveston to St. Louis and Beyond
2023-06-15 17:30 - 20:30 (America/Chicago) | Missouri History Museum, 5700 Lindell Boulevard , St. Louis, MO, 63112, United States
Join us for a riveting nine-generation family migration story from Texas to Missouri. Vanessa Slaughter, a native St. Louisan, will join Jim Vincent of the St. Louis African American History & Genealogy Society in a fireside chat to trace her family’s legacy to Galveston, Texas, in the 1860s. Each generation builds on the foundation of love, community, and freedom to give us the inspiration to dig into our own family histories and celebrate Juneteenth as a community. The evening will kick off with a brief presentation about the history and meaning of the Juneteenth holiday by Dr. Geoff K. Ward of Washington University in St. Louis and will end with a live performance by the Community Gospel Choir of St. Louis, inspiring us to look deep into our own family legacies of migration, freedom, and community love.
Presented by Wells Fargo.

Storytelling in the Museum: Juneteenth + Craft Workshop
2023-06-16 10:00 - 13:00 (America/Chicago) | Missouri History Museum, 5700 Lindell Boulevard, St. Louis, MO, 63312, United States
Happy Juneteenth! To commemorate the holiday, we’ll learn about past and present freedom jubilees through a book reading. Possible books to be read include: “Juneteenth for Mazie,” “Free at Last: A Juneteenth Poem,” and “The Juneteenth Story: Celebrating the End of Slavery in the United States.”
Throughout the month of June, MHS will be welcoming audiences of all ages to gather to critically examine systemic racism and celebrate Juneteenth. This program is part of the Missouri History Museum’s Summer Family Fun Series and Storytelling in the Museum event series.

Juneteenth Community BBQ
2023-06-17 10:00 - 20:00 UTC | DuSable Black History Museum and Education Center, 740 East 56th Place, Chicago, IL, 60637
Join the nation’s oldest independent African American Museum for a Juneteenth BBQ!
Enjoy performances on both the Outdoor State and Theater Stage, plus plenty of campus activations including a game station, the Children’s Pavilion, Drum Village, a petting zoo and Adler Planetarium telescopes.

Juneteenth Jubilee Celebration
2023-06-17 12:00 - 18:00 (America/Detroit) | Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, 315 East Warren Avenue, Detroit, MI, 48201, United States
Join us at The Wright and enjoy several engaging and educational activities. From live singing and storytelling to pony rides and hustle dance classes. We have something for all ages. Come have fun, learn something impactful, and engage with the community in a way that only The Wright can.
Entertainment features music by DJ Righteous throughout the day; MC J Bell will be on hand to present live performances by cellist and vocalist King Sophia, storytelling and music by Mama Jahra, diasporic drum, dance and folklore from Ngoma Za Amen-Ra and Alnur African Dance Company and culminating with a community dance, Hustle for History with Thomasenia Johnson.
Engagement with the League of Women Voters, Detroit Equestrian Play Theatre (Pony Rides at Warren Avenue Circle Drive), Detroit Hives, Detroit Black Farmer Land Fund, Detroit Black Community Food Network and Vendor Qonnect curates the Food Trucks: Spice Rack Catering, Junk Food & Friends and La’s Lemonade and more!
Grab your blankets and lawn chairs and come out to enjoy the festivities.

Civic Season Kickoff Festival
2023-06-17 15:00 - 18:00 (America/Denver) | Wyoming State Museum, 2301 Central Avenue, Cheyenne, WY, 82002, United States
It takes YOUR story to tell the WHOLE story. Join the Wyoming State Museum along with 10 local and statewide organizations for a summertime celebration of who we are as a nation, how we got here and where we want to go next. On the main stage you’ll jam out to live music, laugh through an exuberant debate organized by Wyoming Equality and Braver Angels, and hear the stories of the historic Wyomingites who inspire one young historian to be an active civic participant in our state. Enjoy food and treats from local vendors, crafts, and activities to help you discover how your story gives you the power to shape the future. It’s about gathering friends, having some fun, and amplifying our stories, voices, and actions to create a Wyoming we’re all proud of.
Please register for FREE ahead of the event.
WHAT’S HAPPENING?
City Creek Band, 3:00 – 3:45 pm
Kylie the Historian, 3:55 – 4:15 pm
Debate, 4:20 – 4:45 pm
Galactic Lemonz, 5:00 – 6:00 pm
WHO’S COMING?
Braver Angels
Wyoming Equality
Cheyenne League of Women Voters
Laramie County Library
Wyoming Humanities
Lions Club
Kiwanis Cheyenne
Rotary Club
Wyoming ACLU
Nay & Jays
Sprosty’s Frostys

Civic Season Kickoff: Taps at the Tower
2023-06-18 00:00 (America/Chicago) | National WWI Museum and Memorial, 2 Memorial Drive, Kansas City, MO, 64108, United States
Taps, a musical piece sounded at dusk and at funerals, has a rich and storied history in the United States. It has long been associated with the U.S. Military, and is often played at civilian events around the country.
The National WWI Museum and Memorial presents the ninth annual Taps at the Tower each evening at sunset (8:45 p.m.) from Sunday, June 18 – Saturday, June 24, 2023.
People are invited to come and use the grounds each evening, have a picnic, play games and enjoy the outdoors. At sunset, people will gather at the Liberty Memorial Tower to experience Taps being played during a brief, moving ceremony. The event will occur rain or shine. In the event of inclement weather, the ceremony will be moved to the Paul Sunderland Bridge inside the Museum and Memorial.

Flag Day Concert
2023-06-18 00:00 (America/Chicago) | National WWI Museum and Memorial, 2 Memorial Drive, Kansas City, MO, 64108, United States
Join us for a live patriotic music concert from the American Legion Band! This musical revue pays tribute to our nation’s flag, which was adopted by Congress on June 14, 1777. In 1916, President Woodrow Wilson issued a proclamation officially establishing June 14 as Flag Day.

Juneteenth with the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts
2023-06-18 09:00 - 11:00 (America/Chicago) | Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, 1 Museum Drive, Montgomery, AL, 36117, United States
The festivities start at 9 AM when the John and Joyce Caddell Sculpture Garden gates open to a Second Line-style processional parade accompanied by Jonathan Michael and the G.W. Carver High School band and flag team. Visitors are invited and encouraged to join the processional and can pick up flags and noisemakers at the gates starting at 8:30 AM.
Visitors can participate in art-making activities after the parade by designing their celebratory tambourines and Juneteenth flags. Throughout the morning, attendees will enjoy live music from Jonathan Michael, create sidewalk chalk art inspired by the holiday, and get a family portrait at our photo booth with Juneteenth-inspired flair. Featured artist EL Chisolm, based in Atlanta and a Birmingham native, will lead a collaborative mural project with a reveal of the completed mural near the end of the event. Delicious, free snacks and strawberry lemonade will be available on a first come, first serve basis from the Museum’s cafe, Verde.
Inside the Museum, visitors can explore The Bias Inside Us, an exhibition from the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service designed to raise awareness about the social science and psychology of implicit bias, the impact of this bias, and what people can do about it. Also on view are two exhibitions of youth art by local students from Valiant Cross Academy and the MMFA’s Teen Arts and Activism Camp, with themes that celebrate the role of art in social change.

Taps at the Tower
2023-06-19 00:00, 2023-06-20 00:00, 2023-06-21 00:00, 2023-06-22 00:00, 2023-06-23 00:00, 2023-06-24 00:00 (America/Chicago) | National WWI Museum and Memorial, 2 Memorial Drive, Kansas City, MO, 64108, United States

Western PA Civic Season Photo Contest for Students
2023-06-19 00:00 - 2023-07-04 00:00 (America/New_York) | Senator John Heinz History Center, PA, United States
Pittsburgh’s Heinz History Center is hosting a civics-themed photo contest. Open to high schoolers and undergraduates (who will compete in separate categories), it seeks to inspire Western Pennsylvanians to reflect upon the state of their civic community or the nature of their democracy. Photos taken in any of Western Pennsylvania’s 26 counties that in some way exhibit civic themes will be accepted. Participants are encouraged to think creatively about how to capture such themes in a photograph this Civic Season!
Be sure to submit during Civic Season – Juneteenth to July 4th!

Celebrate! Juneteenth Edition
2023-06-19 10:30 - 11:30 (America/New_York) | John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Columbia Point, Boston, MA, 02125, United States
The Celebrate! series, appropriate for family audiences and children ages 5 and up, highlights America’s rich cultural diversity through the arts. This program is tied directly to President and Mrs. Kennedy’s concern for and support of the arts and culture in a democratic society. Thanks to generous support from the Martin Richard Foundation and the Mass Cultural Council all performances are free.
Juneteenth Feature: OKRA Dance Company – Africans in America: A Dance Journey through the Diaspora
Join us on Juneteenth in celebrating the profound influence of African dance, music, and rhythm on American culture. Let’s learn together and gain deeper appreciation in an entertaining and highly interactive program for all ages.
We encourage audience members to wear masks to boost the comfort level of the staff and your fellow participants.
If you cannot come to the Kennedy Library for this in-person program, you can get a virtual ticket and receive a link to the live broadcast of the program.

Ford Evening Book Talk: Alexandra Petri's US History
2023-06-21 00:00 (America/New_York) | George Washington’s Mount Vernon, 3200 Mount Vernon Memorial Highway , Mount Vernon, VA, 22121, United States
Hear from Washington Post columnist Alexandra Petri, author of Alexandra Petri’s US History.
This witty, absurdist satire of the last 500 years is the fake textbook you never knew you needed! This side-splitting work of historical humor shows why Petri has been hailed as a “genius,” a “national treasure,” and “one of the funniest writers alive.”
In person attendees will have the opportunity to submit questions and have their books signed.

The Legend Singers Reunion Concert
2023-06-24 00:00 (America/Chicago) | Missouri History Museum, 5700 Lindell Boulevard, St. Louis, MO, 63112, United States
Enjoy a live concert celebrating Black Music Month and 83 years of the Legend Singers’ continuous performance and preservation of African American folk music. The celebration will travel the Soul Train, honoring Black musicians and their music, from early slave songs to present day pop and hip-hop.
Presented by Wells Fargo

2023 MyImpact Challenge Virtual Civics Fair
2023-06-30 00:00 (America/New_York) | Bill of Rights Institute, United States
Join the Bill of Rights Institute for a virtual civics fair honoring the winners of the 2023 MyImpact Challenge civic engagement contest! Students from across the country entered their service projects, and now it is time to celebrate our ten winners – including the student(s) who took home our $10,000 Grand Prize! Come learn about student service projects and see how today’s youth are tackling local problems with innovative solutions.

July 4th: Fourth of July Weekend
2023-06-30 - 2023-07-04 | Museum of the American Revolution, 101 S. Third St., Philadelphia, PA, 19106, United States
Join the Museum of the American Revolution in historic Philadelphia for a Fourth of July Weekend celebration with special activities, costumed interpretation, and crafts for all ages to discover the American Revolution and its ongoing relevance. Explore what freedom means to you throughout the weekend as you enjoy a heart-pounding drumline performance, contribute to a collaborative art installation on the Museum’s outdoor plaza, and explore the Museum’s special exhibition “Black Founders: The Forten Family of Philadelphia.”
included with regular Museum admission

July 4th: Independence Fireworks at Mount Vernon
2023-06-30 18:00 - 21:30 (America/New_York) | George Washington's Mount Vernon, 3200 Mount Vernon Memorial Highway , Mount Vernon, VA, 22121, United States
Enjoy an evening of family fun and fireworks along with patriotic music to celebrate our nation’s founding on June 30th and July 1st!
Relax and enjoy a patriotic evening that includes dazzling fireworks and musical performances. See the Mansion lit in red, white and blue during the fireworks show; walk down to visit the Washington Tomb for special wreath-layings; revel in the sounds of the 18th century with performances by the talented Fifes & Drums of York Town; enjoy a concert by the National Concert Band; watch ice cream making demonstrations; and learn 18th-century dancing.
Fireworks over the Potomac will begin at approximately 9:15 p.m.
