Civic Season

A Slice of History: Civic Bites and Historic Bites with the Idaho State Museum, Wassmuth Center, and Erma Hayman House
2025-06-21 13:00 - 15:00 (America/Denver) | Idaho State Museum, 610 Julia Davis Dr, Boise, ID, 83702, United States
History’s never been this fun (or delicious). Join us for an afternoon of free pizza, good vibes, and a fun walk through the past and present—all part of Civic Season, a national movement led by Made By Us, happening between Juneteenth and July 4th, our newest and oldest federal holidays.
In partnership with the Wassmuth Center for Human Rights and the Erma Hayman House, this program offers more than your typical history lesson. You’ll follow a map to three iconic Boise locations—the Idaho State Museum, Idaho Anne Frank Human Rights Memorial, and Erma Hayman House—each packed with activities, prizes, and stories that matter.
Start your journey at the Idaho State Museum (check-in opens at 12:45 PM), complete challenges at all three sites, and end it all with a free pizza party at Payette Brewing’s beer garden. Drinks available for purchase, pizza and vibes included.
And before you head out, make your mark—write a wish for America’s future on a star to be added it to the Gem State Wish Wall pop-up exhibit at the Idaho State Museum. Your voice matters.
Tickets are just $7—space is limited, so be sure to snag yours early! Pre-registration is required and will close on June 21 at 9 AM. Bring your friends and your appetite!

Lifted Voices: Civic Season
2025-06-21 13:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York) | Greensboro History Museum, 130 Summit Ave, Greensboro, NC, 27401, United States
Explore the galleries and meet costumed interpreters portraying activists and public figures.
Lifted Voices is a series of living history programs that bring to life people and stories from Greensboro and North Carolina’s past. This is a free, family-friendly program. Join us for history in first person.

Shrub Drinks and Cheesy Bites
2025-06-21 13:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York) | Carlyle House Historic Park, 121 N. Fairfax Street, Alexandria, VA, 22314, United States
When colonists came over from England, one of the popular methods of preserving berries was covering them with vinegar and letting them ferment over time eventually becoming shrubs or drinking vinegars. The shrub was then used to flavor water, soda waters, and even became a mixer for cocktails! What goes great with shrub? Cheese! On June 21st explore three different shrub flavors and their paired cheese in the Carlyle gardens. Small bites will be available as palate cleansers. Tickets will also get you a shrub based mocktail, one non-shrub mocktail, and a tour of Carlyle House. Shrub will be available in the museum shop for purchase. $25 per person

Del Sol Quartet on Angel Island: "The Japanese Picture Brides"
2025-06-21 11:30 - 14:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Angel Island Immigration Museum, Angel Island State Park, Tiburon, CA, 94920, United States
Del Sol String Quartet, in partnership with Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation (AIISF), explores the history of Japanese picture brides experience through music and oral storytelling.
This concert features:
• Takuma Itoh’s “American Postcards – Picture Brides” and music by Andy Akiho & Erika Oba.
• Art Installation by Patricia Wakida
• Family and children activities in the hospital building
*Exact time of the concert is subject to change based on ferry schedule changes
The event is free with admission to the Detention Barracks Museum ($5 adult, $3 youth).
PLEASE NOTE:
This involves a fun ferry ride!*** Please check ferry for most up-to-date times.
DEPARTURE:
San Francisco: 10:15AM
TIburon: 10AM & 11AM
POST-CONCERT
return to SF: 3:20PM & 4:50PM
return to Tiburon: 1:20PM & 3:20PM
Located in San Francisco Bay, the Angel Island Immigration Station served as an immigration port between 1910 and 1940. For all immigrants, descendants, and families, Angel Island is a living landmark that symbolizes diverse experiences of detention, racism, exclusion, hope, and determination.
Del Sol Quartet believes that music can, and should, happen anywhere. Del Sol creates possibilities for unexpected discovery, sparking dialogue and bringing people together.
https://www.delsolquartet.com
Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation (AIISF) protects the historic site, elevates its stories, promotes learning, and celebrates the new beginnings and immigrant contributions that define the strength of the US to inspire a more equitable and inclusive future; one that embodies how immigrants make nations better.
https://www.aiisf.org/planyourvisit

A Slice of History: Pizza & Prints
2025-06-21 11:30 - 13:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | MO
Join us for a free afternoon of creativity, community, and pizza! A Slice of History: Pizza & Prints is a hands-on program where participants will learn about craftivism—the use of crafting as a tool for activism—and explore how people throughout history have used handmade art to spark change.
Enjoy free pizza (generously provided by Pizza to the Polls) while screen printing your own designs inspired by local history and civic identity. You’ll be able to put your prints on a tote bag or pencil case to take home!
This event is part of Civic Season, a nationwide initiative led by Made By Us that connects history to civic action between Juneteenth and the Fourth of July.
Free and open to ages 16–30. Space is limited. RSVP Today!

Flint Cultural Center Juneteenth Celebration
2025-06-21 11:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | Flint Cultural Center, 1221 E. Kearsley St, Flint, MI, 48503, United States
The traditional Freedom March will kick off the festivities at 11 a.m. to provide spiritual coverage.
Festivities include hands-on activities for children from the Flint Cultural Center institutions, live music including Mama Sol and other performances, and a few other special surprises. This ageless event never gets old! There will be lots to learn, lots to do, and lots of things to get involved in. Come join the fun! All future Black artists, musicians, actors, and dancers are especially invited! Vendors will be present.

Historic Missionary Ridge Baptist Church Cemetery Clean-Up
2025-06-21 11:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York) | Missionary Ridge Baptist Church, 237 Shallowford Rd, Ridgeside, TN, 37411, United States
In honor of the 2025 Civic Season, the Tennessee Democracy Network and members of the United By Change Coalition invite you to join us in cleaning up one of Chattanooga’s oldest African American cemeteries.
Missionary Ridge Baptist Church was founded by free Black Chattanoogans in 1874, during the postwar Reconstruction period. Join us in honoring the historic legacy of those buried on the grounds as we clean headstones, decorate graves, and have insightful conversations about the history of Chattanooga.

Bound with PRIDE: A Panel Discussion
2025-06-21 11:00 - 12:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | American Bookbinders Museum, United States
As part of the HBC’s 53rd Annual Members’ Exhibition, book artists were given a unique opportunity to create original works using sections of a donated Gilbert Baker Rainbow Flag that once flew over Harvey Milk Plaza in San Francisco’s historic Castro district in which the flag was first created.
Slippery, synthetic, and stubborn, the fabric resisted precision—fraying, warping, and pushing back at every turn. Much like the queer identities and experiences it represents, it demanded care, patience, and persistence.
Join us for a panel discussion exploring the resulting works: a spectrum of interpretations that reflect the challenges, beauty, and meaning embedded in the flag and the hands that shaped it. Meet some of the artists, learn about their processes, and hear about some of the challenges they encountered turning their vision into a book.

The Freedom of Press: Reclaim and Resist with the Frederick Douglass Papers
2025-06-21 11:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York) | Conner Prairie, 13400 Allisonville Road, Fishers, IN, 46038, United States
Discover the themes of resistance and reclamation from our newest permanent exhibit, Promised Land as Proving Ground, which offers an immersive journey through Black history from pre-colonial Africa to present-day America. This event is free with general admission. In this 1-hour program, we will explore the history of African American journalism. Dr. John Kaufman-McKivigan, historian and Chief Editor of the Frederick Douglass Papers, will share materials from Douglass’ own newspaper The North Star and reveal its impact in the fight for emancipation of enslaved people. Come exercise your right to “Freedom of the Press” by crafting your own newspaper headlines to make your voice heard!

Civil War Frankfort: A Walking Tour
2025-06-21 10:30 - 12:30 (America/New_York) | Kentucky Historical Society, 100 W Broadway, Frankfort, KY, 40601, United States
Did you know that Frankfort was the only state capital to be captured by the Confederacy during the Civil War? Join KHS staff for a Civil War walking tour of downtown Frankfort. Learn about the history of the state capital during the conflict and its aftermath, the prominent leaders involved, and the military clashes that raged around the city. Maximum 20 participants.
*This is a rain-or-shine tour, and we recommend comfortable walking shoes!

Athens Queer Space Tour
2025-06-21 10:30 - 12:30 (America/New_York) | Memorial Hall, 101 Sanford Dr, Athens, GA, 30601, United States
Celebrate Pride Month with a 2-mile walking tour of Athens’ LGBTQ+ history, led by local guide Rin Gunn. Discover the people, places, and stories that shaped queer life in Athens. Highlights include Memorial Hall, Church Bar, and other community landmarks.
To support Athens Pride & Queer Collective’s ongoing work, $5 from each ticket sold will be donated directly to APQC.
$20 per person. This tour is offered Saturdays and Sundays, 10:30 am – 12:30 pm, in June.

Community Helper Day
2025-06-21 10:00 - 22:00 (America/New_York) | American Revolution Museum at Yorktown, 200 Water Street, Yorktown, VA, 23690, United States
Learn about helpers throughout our community. Local groups will provide information about their organizations from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the American Revolution Museum at Yorktown. Explore the principles of civic engagement in action through the support these groups provide to our region.

Buds, Birds, and Butterflies Walk
2025-06-21 10:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York) | Monticello, 1050 Monticello Loop, Charlottesville, VA, 22902, United States
Join Monticello’s expert Gardens and Grounds team on a guided, family-friendly nature walk in the rarely-explored meadows of the Monticello mountaintop. Our knowledgeable and enthusiastic staff will lead you through diverse habitats, highlighting the variety of butterflies, birds, and wildflowers that thrive in our local area. Whether you’re a budding naturalist or simply looking to enjoy a peaceful day outdoors with your family, this walk invites people of all ages to engage with the natural world and community around them.

Reading Frederick Douglass Together
2025-06-21 10:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York) | Hale Farm, 39 Hale St. , Beverly, MA, 01915, United States
Join us on the grounds of Hale Farm—where multiple people were once enslaved—for a communal reading of Frederick Douglass’s powerful 1852 speech, What to the Slave is the Fourth of July? Part of the statewide Reading Frederick Douglass Together initiative, this event invites participants of all ages to reflect on the meaning of freedom, justice, and civic responsibility in both the past and present. Together, we’ll honor those whose voices were silenced and engage in a dialogue that remains as urgent today as it was in Douglass’s time. Following the reading, Frederick Douglass historian and interpreter, Nathan Richardson, will be hosting a discussion.

Balboa Park Women's History Walking Tour
2025-06-21 10:00 - 11:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | San Diego History Center, 1649 El Prado, SAN DIEGO, CA, 92101, United States
Come along on a free 1-hour guided tour that honors the incredible women, including Kate Sessions, “the Mother of Balboa Park,” who helped shape Balboa Park and San Diego’s vibrant history. This tour begins at the Bea Evenson Fountain on the east end of the Park at 10 AM.

"Changing Perspectives on Japanese American Incarceration"
2025-06-21 09:00 - 2025-06-22 09:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Oakland Asian Cultural Center, 388 9th Street, Suite 290, Oakland, CA, 94607, United States
Activist and filmmaker Chizu Omori with JAMP presents “Changing Perspectives on Japanese American Incarceration.” The two-day conference, held June 21-22, 2025, from 9 AM to 5 PM at the Oakland Asian Cultural Center in Oakland’s Chinatown, will feature speakers and workshops focused on Japanese American history.
Speakers include: Frank Abe, Julie Abo, Jeff Burton, Rob Buscher, Hanako Wakatsuki Chong, Patrick Hayashi, Satsuki Ina, Mike Ishii, Akemi Johnson, Koji Lau-Ozawa, Andrew Leong, Katie Fujiye Nuss Louis, Hana Maruyama, Eric Muller, Kaz Naganuma, Lia Nitake, Jeff Ogata, Chizu Omori, Greg Robinson, Bekki Shibayama, Hiroshi Shimizu, Barbara Takei, Diana Emiko Tsuchida, Nancy Ukai, Jonathan Van Harmelen, Alice Yang.
Topics will include: President Roosevelt, History of the JACL, Issei/Kibei/Nisei, Loyalty Questionnnaire, Tule Lake, Draft Resisters, Renunciants, Crystal City, Japanese Latin Americans, Monuments, Archeology, Intergenerational Trauma, Yonsei and Gosei Community Work, Importance of Incarceration for Today. (Please note that topics may change as current events change.)
This history is more relevant than ever and we still have so much to learn.
For additional information or further study, please visit our online RESOURCES page:
https://www.jampilgrimages.org/changing-perspectives-resources

Juneteenth Bike Tour: Greensboro Civil Rights Protest Across the Decades
2025-06-21 09:00 - 11:00 (America/New_York) | Greensboro History Museum, 130 Summit Ave, Greensboro, NC, 27401, United States
From the 1937-38 Carolina Theatre boycott to the 1960 Sit-ins and into the 21st century, the Gate City is home to many important protest actions. This year’s Juneteenth Bike Tour visits civil rights protest sites around Downtown Greensboro to explore how people have marched and organized against inequality. Join us on an easy guided tour appropriate for most levels of riders.
Tour departs 9:30 am and returns to museum by 11 am. Check in opens at 9 am
Free tour, but registration is required and spots are limited.

The Emancipated of Woodland Cemetery Tour
2025-06-21 09:00 - 11:00 (America/New_York) | Woodland Cemetery, 2300 Magnolia Road, Richmond, VA, 23223, United States
This specialized tour of Woodland Cemetery will focus on the formerly enslaved interred in this historic post emancipation uplift cemetery in eastern Henrico. In honor of Juneteenth, we will delve into the lives who achieved freedom after a life of bondage and went on to shape and influence Richmond into the vibrant area that we know today. This tour includes a fair amount of walking on varied terrains so be sure to wear comfortable walking shoes and clothing. Information: sch107@henrico.gov

“Let’s Go Birding Together” (LGBT) Walk
2025-06-21 09:00 - 10:00 (America/New_York) | Conner Prairie, 13400 Allisonville Road, Fishers, IN, 46038, United States
Let’s Go Birding Together (LGBT) walks are for everyone who loves birds and the outdoors. We welcome those who identify as LGBTQ, allies, families, and anyone who wants to enjoy an outdoor experience that is inclusive. We’re flocking together with community partners for a guided bird stroll before the museum opens for the day. Some binoculars will be available to borrow. Feel free to bring your own.

Music Under the Star: The Tiarras with Llamativa
2025-06-20 19:00 - 21:00 (America/Chicago) | Bullock Texas State History Museum, 1800 N. Congress Ave, Austin, TX, 78701, United States
Join us at the Capitol Mall Amphitheater for an evening of lively performances by Llamativa and The Tiarras.
Music Under the Star (MUtS) returns to the Bullock Museum this summer with four nights of electrifying performances in the Capitol Mall Amphitheater. Experience this free outdoor summer concert series from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. every Friday in June.
Bring the whole family, camp chairs, and blankets to enjoy an incredible lineup of Texas artists. Food and drinks are available for purchase at all MUtS concerts.

Tavern Ga(y)mes Night: Pride Edition
2025-06-20 19:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Gadsby’s Tavern Museum, 134 N. Royal Street, Alexandria, VA, 22314, United States
Join the Office of Historic Alexandria for a Pride edition of Tavern Ga(y)mes Night! Learn about 18th century clothing and gender performance, participate in Drag Trivia, play games, and enjoy snacks and beverages from the cash bar! Tickets are $10 and available online at shop.alexandriava.gov. A brief presentation and a game of Jeopardy start around 7:30 p.m. Please note that this event takes place up one flight of stairs in the historic Ballroom of Gadsby’s Tavern Museum.

Slice of History Pizza Party & Tour a Historic Virginia Site
2025-06-20 17:30 - 19:30 (America/New_York) | Woodlawn & Pope-Leighey House, 9000 Richmond Highway, Alexandria, VA, 22309, United States
Slice of History: Pizza and History
Friday, June 20 | 5:30 PM – 8:00 PM
Celebrate #CivicsSeason with (free!) pizza and history!
Join us for a special open house at Woodlawn & Pope-Leighey House, a site with a profound legacy of transformation. Take a self-guided tour Learn how Woodlawn, a former plantation once part of George Washington’s Mount Vernon, became the site of an anti-slavery colony in the years before the Civil War.
Take a self-guided tour and engage in thoughtful reflection and dialogue about our shared past and its connection to today’s movements for justice.
Visitors will also have the opportunity to view the new exhibit “Saving Pope-Leighey House: How Marjorie Leighey Rescued Her Frank Lloyd Wright Home.”
Come hungry for history and pizza and leave inspired.
This youth event is open to the public and intended for guests ages 16-30.

Founding Friends, Founding Foes Tour
2025-06-20 17:00 - 19:00 (America/New_York) | Monticello (Thomas Jefferson Fdn), 1050 Monticello Loop, Charlottesville, VA, 22902, United States
On July 4, 1826, Thomas Jefferson and John Adams died on the fiftieth anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.
In preparation for the 250th anniversary in 2026, Monticello’s new Founding Friends, Founding Foes Tour explores their complicated relationship. Visitors will learn how Jefferson and Adams became allies in 1776, bitter rivals in an age of partisanship, and friends again in retirement.
By considering the challenges and triumphs of the American Revolution and the early United States, this tour reveals how ordinary people became leaders and encourages visitors to consider how a democracy was born through disagreement, civil discourse, and dedication to shared values.
Following the tour, guests will participate in a Feast of Reason on the mountaintop. Named for dinners that Jefferson hosted and known for their good food and interesting conversation, the Feast of Reason is a new card deck that facilitates conversations on history and democracy over food and drink.

Civic Matters: Terrace Preservation
2025-06-20 13:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | Applewood Estate, 1400 East Kearsley Street, Flint, MI, 48503, United States
Drop in anytime 1–4 p.m. and find out how we care for the historical brick terrace as we discuss creating spaces for people to come together and build a sense of community.
The enduring legacy of Charles Stewart and Ruth Mott is their extraordinary commitment to civic participation. From preserving our history to volunteering in community, we’ll demonstrate ways that anyone can engage in civic life. Topics are focused on historic preservation and getting involved in the community where you live.
Drop in to Civic Matters anytime from 1–4 p.m. on the third Friday of each month May through October. Admission and activities at Applewood are always free!

Gallery Talk: Writing the Declaration
2025-06-20 13:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York) | David M. Rubenstein Visitor Center, 1050 Monticello Loop, Charlottesville, VA, 22902, United States
While we celebrate the Declaration of Independence on July 4, the work of developing this world-changing document took place during the month of June. Emilie Johnson will explore the drafting phase of the Declaration of Independence, noting Thomas Jefferson’s inspirations and the process of editing and approving the document.

Historic Chocolate Experience
2025-06-20 12:00 - 2025-06-29 16:00 UTC | MO
AMERICAN HERITAGE® Chocolate invites you to meet us at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History to learn about – and of course taste – the official Civic Season dessert, and one with a long history: chocolate! Meet the world’s foremost chocolate historian, Dave Borghesani, and explore materials about chocolate’s importance throughout American history, while you add your wish for America’s future to the mural.
Join us: June 20, 21, 22 and 28, 29
12-4pm

Answer the Call
2025-06-19 23:30 - 2025-06-20 00:00 (America/New_York) | St. George Tucker House, 113 W Nicholson St, Williamsburg , VA, 23185, United States
Much of African Music is based on call and response. The drum is the first to announce itself and send a message bringing the community together. As the drum calls, the community is expected to respond by playing back to the drummer or hollering out by voice. How will you answer the call?

A Slice of History: Unity in Action in Wyoming
2025-06-19 18:30 - 20:00 (America/Denver) | Wyoming State Museum, 2301 Central Avenue, Cheyenne, WY, 82001, United States
Join us for the perfect pairing of pizza and history featuring Rev. Dr. Hilton McClendon Sr., pastor at Allen Chapel AME Church in Cheyenne, and Jim Byrd, a fifth-generation Wyomingite and former state legislator. The evening will begin with a round of trivia, followed by stories and reflections from Hilton and Jim on local and national civil rights activism.
All attendees who register and attend the event will be entered for a chance to win a $50
gift card. Please register here: https://forms.gle/ZbZ9ojaf1p5JqTLi7
Discover the powerful civil rights legacy of Cheyenne’s Allen Chapel and the generations of Black leaders who helped shape our community—and our state:
● The Rev. Dr. Hilton J McClendon, Sr. is pastor of Allen Chapel AME Church in Cheyenne. He began preaching as a child, 58 years ago. Since that time, he has pastored more than seven churches and has “church planted” three churches. He founded and is president of I Am My Brother’s and Sister’s Keeper of Cheyenne homeless ministry. The Rev. Dr. McClendon is a chaplain with the Cheyenne Police Department for the past six years. He has more than 20 years experience producing, directing, and hosting television shows across the country. In 2019, he started the Sunday morning TV show “Moments of Inspiration” on Fox 27 in Cheyenne. He is a member of the Cheyenne Kiwanis Club and the Greater Cheyenne Chamber of Commerce. The Rev. Dr. McClendon loves to sing, especially gospel songs, and has four recordings, one of which, “Projection of Love,” can be found on Spotify.
● Jim Byrd is a fifth-generation Wyomingite who grew up in Cheyenne and served five terms in the Wyoming Legislature. He served as Minority Whip from 2013 to 2015 and was elected to serve as Minority Caucus Leader in 2015. His mother, Harriet “Liz” Byrd, was the first African-American woman in the Wyoming Legislature, and his grandfather, Robert “Buck” Rhone, was in the first graduating class of Cheyenne High School.

A Slice of History: Trivia Night at Silt Historical Park
2025-06-19 18:00 - 21:00 (America/Denver) | Silt Historical Park, 707 Orchard Ave, Silt, CO, 81652, United States
Is Trivia or History your thing? Do you love Pizza? Prizes? Do you wish to be civically engaged and involved in your community?
If so, join us for a night of Free Trivia and a slice of Pizza. Pick your teammates, up to 6 on a team. Questions will be geared for the GenZs, but all are welcome to make a well-rounded team. June 19th at 6pm. Here at the Silt Historical Park (707 Orchard, Silt, CO 81652).

The People’s Voice: A Civic Season Conversation with Rep. Yusuf Hakeem: Reflecting on the 2025 Legislative Session & Reclaiming Our Power
2025-06-19 18:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | Tenneesee Advocates for Planned Parenthood, 810 Shallowford Road, Chattanooga, TN, 37411, United States
Join Tenneesee Advocates for Planned Parenthood and special guest Rep. Yusuf Hakeem for an evening of reflection, political truth-telling, and civic imagination. “The People’s Voice” is an interactive Civic Season event centering community members, young leaders, and longtime advocates as we unpack the 2025 Tennessee legislative session.
Attendees will hear from local changemakers, learn what happened behind the scenes at the Capitol, and explore real strategies for impact-from the ballot box to the pulpit. Rep. Hakeem will offer a firsthand perspective in a moderated breakout conversation.
Whether you’re a seasoned activist or a new voter finding your voice, this conversation is a powerful opportunity to claim your seat in our democracy.
