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W&M Juneteenth Commemoration
June 18 @ 11:00 am – 1:00 pm
William & Mary Juneteenth Commemoration on June 18, 2024 Events Open to the Public Starting at 11 am
William & Mary Juneteenth Commemoration – William & Mary is joining communities around the country to recognize and celebrate Juneteenth, which marks the end of slavery in the United States.
Program
William & Mary’s 2024 Juneteenth celebration will be held from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on June 18 in the Sadler Center. The program will begin at 11 a.m. in the Chesapeake rooms and will include the following:
- Greetings from W&M and the City of Williamsburg
- Neika Simone Band
- Poetry Reading by Shawna Allston ’25
- Slam Connection
- Trivia
Vendors
This year’s vendors will be available in the Tidewater rooms and will include the following businesses:
- 1940 ReDesign
- AT&T
- Baked Sugar Bakery
- Carters Cupcakes & Cookies
- Curvy City
- Defined Arts & Entertainment LLC
- Devine Beauty Bling
- Jeter
- Joanne Hainesworth, Designer
- KēWi Teas by Soul Stir
- League of women voters-Williamsburg Area
- MiA’S Bakery
- ShortiePopsShop
- Simply Unique T-shirts, Portraits, and More, LLC
- SophiEle
- The Arts Daughter
- The Lemon Project: A Journey of Reconciliation
- W&M Bray School Lab
- York James City Williamsburg Youth Council NAACP
Additional activities and vendors will be available throughout the evening. Visit WM Juneteenth page for more information. Visit Juneteenth 2023 events page on Williamsburg Families for Williamsburg and surrounding town’s events for Juneteenth.
