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Date Time Description
June 21,
2025		 1:00pm–
3:00pm		 New York City tried to confiscate the home of Mama Joy at 227 Duffield. She fought back—and WON. In the process, she created a movement to respect the Black history of Downtown Brooklyn. Come join the Mama Joy's Abolitionist Juneteenth Tour to hear stories of countless heroes and sheroes, and see how their stories have been erased from our streets.
404 Albee Square Brooklyn, New York
For more information and to purchase tickets ($25), visit the event website.
June 21,
2025		 9:00am–
4:00pm		 The Juneteenth "Colors of Freedom in the Adirondacks" tour will feature different stops with reenactments, food, entertainment, and celebrations of the freedom spirit in Clinton and Essex Counties.
The tour begins at the North Star Underground Railroad Museum (1131 Mace Chasm Road, Ausable Chasm, NY)
For those wishing to use their own transportation, the charge to participate in the tour is $10 per person or $20 for a family pass.
There is also an option to ride the tour bus, the cost of which is $10 per person (round trip). The bus will pick up passengers at the North Star Museum and return to the museum to drop passengers off at the end of the day.

Pre-registration is required by June 20.

For more information, see the flyer.
June 20,
2025		 5:00pm–
7:00pm		 In celebration of Juneteenth, there will be an art exhibit of Black artists at the SUNY Plattsburgh Art Museum. Exhibits will include:
Reflections: Intimate Portraits of Iconic African Americans – General Colin Powell, Lois Mailou Jones, Dr. Dorothy Height, Congressman Charles Wrangel, and more.
"a process, a discovery": A celebration of Black artists in SUNY Plattsburgh's Collections - The title is a quote by poet Yusef Komunyakaa, reflecting on his writing practice upon his visit to SUNY Plattsburgh in 1995. Works on display include artwork from the Plattsburgh State Art Museum and ephemera from Feinberg Library Special Collections that highlight notable Black artists, writers, and musicians.
For more information, see the Juneteenth flyer.
June 19,
2025		 7:00pm The documentary, John Brown's Holy War, will be playing at the Adirondack History Museum, 7590 Court Street, Elizabethtown, New York.
June 19,
2025		 5:00pm–
9:00pm		 Elizabethtown Social Center, 7626 US Route 9, Elizabethtown, New York will host an evening of Juneteenth events, including the movie 12 Years a Slave and a talk about the North Country Underground Railroad.
For a full schedule of activities and / or to purchase tickets, visit the event web page.
June 14,
2025		 11:00am–
4:00pm		 The New York State Path Through History Weekend will include the 16th annual Museum Day. Sixteen museums and cultural sites will participate, including the North Star Underground Railroad Museum. A 2025 Arts & History Passport will be available.
Sponsored by the Adirondack Coast Visitors Bureau.
See flyer for a list of all participants, hours, etc.
May 24,
2025		 11:00am American Legion Post 1619, the Clinton County American Legion, the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR), and the Sons of the American Revolution (SAR) will proudly honor the Revolutionary War Soldiers in the Baker Cemetery in West Plattsburgh, New York. The Legion will be posting colors with a rifle salute and taps. Legion members will be in Honor Guard Uniforms and Revolutionary War Uniforms and there will be a display of flags of that period.
The Saranac Chapter, NSDAR, will be rededicating four original markers and one replacement plaque at the gravesites of five Revolutionary War veterans. These markers were originally placed by the DAR on 11 October 1923.
See press releases from CCHA and NSDAR for more information.
May 23,
2025		 6:30pm This spring marks the 250th anniversary of the beginning of the Revolutionary War and the patriots' capture of Fort Ticonderoga led by Benedict Arnold. During the following year, Arnold played a crucial role in the defense of Lake Champlain and the Battle of Valcour Island. Jack Kelly's book God Save Benedict Arnold details the often neglected heroism of the man who would later become America's most notorious traitor.
Jack Kelly will give a presentation based on his book at the Plattsburgh Memorial Chapel, 100 US Oval, Plattsburgh, NY 12903.
The event is free and open to the public. See press release for more information.
May 17,
2025		 4:00pm A local hill has recently been renamed Murry Hill through the USGS. The Murrys were African-American pioneers who were granted land by Gerrit Smith in 1847 in Vermontville. To celebrate, there will be a brief outdoor ceremony at Wesley Murry's gravesite in Union Cemetery, 7936 State Route 3, Vermontville, NY.
A reception will follow at Hex and Hop Brewing, 1719 State Route 3, Bloomingdale, NY.
See flyer for more information.
May 7,
2025		 4:00pm–
6:00pm		 Norman K. Dann PhD, researcher and biographer of members of the Gerrit Smith family of Peterboro, opens an eight-program series The Gerrit Smith Family of Peterboro, NY and the Crusade for Human Rights at the Smithfield Community Center, 5255 Pleasant Valley Road, Peterboro, NY 13134.
The first presentation is from research that Dann did for the biography Peter Smith: Furs, Land, and Anguish. Dann examines the life of Peter Smith after whom the hamlet of Peterboro and the Town of Smithfield were named.
Due to challenges of funding cuts, admission is donation by cash, check, or credit card.
See flyer for more information.
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