Join the Dr. Margaret Wade-Lewis Black History Cultural Center (MWLC), at Historic Huguenot Street, for the 6th Annual Juneteenth Jubilee!
The celebration starts at 3 pm at the Ann Oliver House (5 Broadhead Ave). Then, journey together to Historic Huguenot Street (81 Huguenot Street) for music, dance, readings, and community beginning at 3:30 pm.
Featuring Sister in Spirit of the Hudson Valley, callie mackenzie, the NPHS Jazz Band, Greenway Compost, Energy Dance Company, local elected officials, and special guest, incoming MWLC Board President, Mawulekumi Tokponwey (Mow Lay Ku Me Tok Pon Way).
This event is free. Registration is highly encouraged.
At 5:00 pm, Historic Huguenot Street will be unveiling four new Witness Stones as a part of the multi-year collaborative project with MWLC and the Ulster County Historian to commemorate the first individuals on record to have been enslaved at each of the historic properties at HHS. This year’s markers will commemorate Gerritt, James, Molly, and Hendrick, the first individuals on record to have been enslaved by Jean and Jacob Hasbrouck. These markers will be permanently installed in front of the Jacob (Jean) Hasbrouck House, along with a coinciding interpretive panel.
At 5:30 pm, Ulster County Historian Eddie Moran will be guiding a walking tour of the Broadhead-Church-Mulberry Street neighborhood titled, “Jacob Wynkoop: Building a Free Black Neighborhood.” 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.
This tour 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.
This is a ticketed program with limited availability. Please register in advance!
$12 General Admission
$8 Discounted Admission for HHS members, MWLC members, seniors, students, active-duty military personnel and their families, veterans, and children under 18
Free for children under 13
Historic Huguenot Street’s programs are supported by the New York State Council on the Arts, with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.