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SUMMARY:4th Annual Quock Walker Day Hike for Freedom
DESCRIPTION:ACROSS Lexington Route M Loop\nA Family Friendly Trail Walk of 3.3 Miles\n8:00 AM – Registration & Storytelling\n8:30 AM – Walk starts \nRegister at qwdhike4freedom2024.racewire.com \nHear the story of Quock Walker’s life and judicial victories while celebrating the 241st Anniversary of Massachusetts Emancipation Day. \nThis event will run from 8:00 AM – 10:00 AM.
URL:https://lex250.org/event/4th-annual-quock-walker-day-hike-for-freedom/
LOCATION:Bowman Elementary School\, 9 Philip Rd\, Lexington\, MA\, 02421\, United States
CATEGORIES:Family Friendly,Free,Living History,Outside
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SUMMARY:4th Annual Quock Walker Day Community Celebration
DESCRIPTION:Quock Walker Day celebrates the Massachusetts Supreme Court decision of July 8\, 1783\, that found a White enslaver guilty of assault on Quock Walker\, a freedom seeking Black man\, and agreed with Chief Justice Cushing that the ideas of slavery and perpetual servitude were incompatible with the state constitution. \nCommunity Celebration Main Stage\n11 AM – Opening Ceremony \n12 pm -West African Dance Workshop with Crocodile River Music  \n\nLearn and practice steps from traditional West African dances\, while dancing to live musical accompaniment provided by members of the CRM team. This high-energy experience is engaging and educational for people of all ages\, backgrounds and capabilities.\n\n1 pm – Crocodile River Music Concert \n\nDance to music performed by musicians from Mali\, Senegal\, Burkina Faso\, Guinea\, & the US\n\nFood and Drink\n\nJamaica Mi Hungry – food truck\nClarke’s Cakes & Cookies\, LLC\n\nFamily and Freedom: Colonial Massachusetts to Civil War\n\nBarbadoes of Lexington: From Emancipation to Abolition – Learn about an enslaved couple who were married in Lexington and whose descendants fought for the abolition of slavery across the country.\nYeomen Burdoos of Lexington – Hear how a 40 acre homestead supported a tax paying Black family of Cambridge Farms\nProcessing Flax into Linen with Cate and Prince Chester – Flax was cultivated in the Nile Delta by the Egyptians in 5\,000 BC. Learn how an emancipated couple of Lexington supplemented their income by processing flax into linen.\nHands-On Flax Processing Demonstration with Michelle Parrish\, School and Family Programs Coordinator\, Historic Deerfield\nLexington Minute Men – Meet some of the men whose valor during the Revolutionary War allowed for the Commonwealth to ratify its constitution in 1780. Members of the Barbadoes and Burdoo families were veterans of the Revolutionary War.\nCambridge Black History Project – Hear the stories Quock Walker’s nieces and nephews who fought for civil rights\, worked on the Underground Railroad and fought for the abolition of slavery across the USA.\nSalem United\, Inc. – Learn how the emancipation of Cumono in 1783\, led to his grandson Robert Morris becoming a member of the Massachusetts Bar in 1847.\n54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment\, Company A – Meet some of the men whose valor during the Civil War led to the surrender of Confederate forces and the enforcement of the Emancipation Proclamation by the occupation of the defeated Confederate States of America. Some Burdoos and Walker Lewis descendants were veterans of the Civil War.\nColonial Games\n\nCelebration Partners \n\n54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment\, Company A\nCambridge Black History Project\nFirst Parish in Lexington\nHancock United Church of Christ\nLexFarm\nLexington Historical Society\nSalem United\, Inc.
URL:https://lex250.org/event/4th-annual-quock-walker-day-community-celebration/
LOCATION:Lexington Visitor’s Center\, 1875 Massachusetts Ave\, Lexington\, MA\, 02420\, United States
CATEGORIES:Children,Community Engagement,Family Friendly,Free,Living History,Outside
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SUMMARY:68th Annual July 4th Carnival
DESCRIPTION:The 68th Annual Lexington Lions Club Carnival and Fireworks Show will be held at Hastings Park in Lexington from Wednesday\, July 3rd\, through Sunday\, July 7th! \nCarnival Times:\n• Wednesday\, July 3\, 2024 – Carnival – 6:00 PM to 11:00 PM\n• Thursday\, July 4\, 2024 – Carnival – 1:00 PM to 11:00 PM\n• Friday\, July 5\, 2024 – Carnival – 6:00 PM to 11:00 PM\n• Saturday\, July 6\, 2024 – Carnival – 1:00 PM to 11:00 PM\n• Sunday\, July 7\, 2024 – Carnival – 1:00 PM to 6:00 PM \nFireworks will be held on Friday\, July 5th at 9:30pm. Viewing from Hasting Park. \nFree Olde Fashioned Youth Games at 10am on Thursday\, July 4th at Center 2 Softball Field on Worthen Road. \nGate fee: $3.00
URL:https://lex250.org/event/68th-annual-july-4th-carnival/2024-07-06/
LOCATION:Hastings Park\, 10 Lincoln St\, Lexington\, MA\, 02421\, United States
CATEGORIES:Children,Community Engagement,Family Friendly,Food,Outside
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