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Description
Celebrate Juneteenth with the hopeful contestants of “A Juneteenth Pageant.” Witness their personal struggles as they discover the true meaning of the holiday. You will laugh, you may cry, but you’ll leave enlightened and renewed!
The Hampton Juneteenth Pageant is more than glitz, glam and Juneteenth history, the contestants will not only display their outer beauty but will also reveal their internal struggles with a mixture of music, poetry, laughter and tears. A Juneteenth Pageant-THE PLAY is like no pageant that you’ve ever seen before.
Written and directed by Hampton playwright, Marie St. Clair, this moving, often humorous and memorable theatrical experience will illuminate the origins and meaning of Juneteenth, the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the ending of slavery in the United States.
Presented by the Hampton History Museum and sponsored by Fort Monroe
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Jun
16