A celebration of triumph and history and learning about Juneteenth with the New Paltz community. This all-day extravaganza will include story-telling, musical performances, a commemoration ceremony, tours, and a parade to help honor and remember the formerly enslaved Africans that are integral to the Village of New Paltz’s history. Juneteenth events will start at 10:00 am and end at 4 pm with walkable locations in New Paltz.
Schedule of Events
10:00 AM – 11:00 AM:
Commemoration Ceremony at the New Paltz Rural Cemetery
12:00 PM – 12:15 PM:
Community Drum Procession from the Ann Oliver House to Historic Huguenot Street
12:15 PM – 4:00 PM:
Lunch, Performances, Tours, & Kids’ Crafts
1:00 PM and 2:30 PM:
Historic Huguenot Street will be offering two special opportunities to take a walking tour of the Broadhead-Church-Mulberry Street neighborhood where Black carpenter and Civil War veteran, Jacob Wynkoop, constructed a number of homes for the free Black community of New Paltz in the 19th-century. In addition to telling the story of Jacob and his family, the tour will reveal stories of other African-American families who made the neighborhood their home in the late 19th and first decades of the 20th century, including Margaret Hasbrouck Clow, daughter of John Hasbrouck, one of the first African Americans eligible to vote in New Paltz. The tour also introduces members of the Oliver, Freer, Rose, Banks, and LeFevre families, as well as former slave Judy Jackson.
Tours will begin at the DuBois Fort Visitor Center. They will last approximately one hour and span a distance of approximately one mile. Please note that this tour will require participants to be on their feet for the entirety of the program. This program is not recommended for individuals with mobility restrictions.
$8 General Admission
$5 Discounted Admission for HHS members, seniors, students, active-duty military personnel and their families, veterans, and children under 18
Free for children under 13
1:30 PM:
Don’t miss Historic Huguenot Street take the stage with students from the Center for Creative Education (Kingston) to honor and commemorate Susanna and Anthony, the first two individuals on record to have been enslaved by a New Paltz Patentee, Louis DuBois.
The Jubilee is free and open to the public. Please let us know you’re attending by registering in advance.
Jacob Wynkoop Neighborhood Walking Tour are sponsored by RentHop.
This program is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.
This project has been developed in partnership with the Witness Stones Project, Inc. The production of the memorial markers has been funded by Andreas du Bois, a direct descendant of Louis du Bois' brother.
This event is made possible in part through support from the County of Ulster’s Ulster County Cultural Services & Promotion Fund administrated by Arts Mid-Hudson. For more information on programs, services, grants, and opportunities, or to sign up for their eNewsletter, visit: www.artsmidhudson.org
Local Partners:
Arts Mid-Hudson; Ulster BOCES Center of Innovative Teaching and Learning (CITL) at Port Ewen; Elting Memorial Library; Historic Huguenot Street; Master’s Touch Ministries; New Paltz Rural Cemetery; New Paltz United Methodist Church; SSIP; SUNY New Paltz Black Studies Department; Unison Arts Center; Village of New Paltz.