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2013

May-June

  • May 27

  • Memorial Day Ceremony
  • Location: Shiloh Baptist Church (Old Site)
  • 801 Sophia Street, Fredericksburg & Fredericksburg National Cemetery, Virginia
  • The National Park Service will join with the community in honoring the nation’s fallen soldiers at the annual commemorative ceremony at the Fredericksburg National Cemetery. The program will begin at noon and will last about 30 minutes. This year’s keynote speaker will be Erik Nelson, a Navy veteran, Fredericksburg city planner, and historian. The program will begin with a procession from Shiloh Baptist Church (Old Site) through the streets to the National Cemetery, recalling a long-ago tradition of Fredericksburg citizens—many of them former slaves—gathering at Shiloh Baptist Church (Old Site) and walking to the National Cemetery. The procession will depart from Shiloh Baptist Church (Old Site) at 11:15 a.m.
  • For additional information about Memorial Day activities, call the National Park Service at 540-373-6122.
  • May 31 - June 1

  • Sweetgrass Cultural Arts Festival
  • Location: Waterfront Memorial Park
  • 99 Harry Hallman Jr. Blvd., Mt. Pleasant SC (under the Arthur Ravenel Bridge)
  • The highly anticipated Sweetgrass Festival will celebrate the rich Gullah Geechee cultural heritage and provides the most extensive showcase of sweetgrass baskets in the Lowcountry area.
  • Click here for more info
  • June 16-18

  • 3rd National Conference on Civil Rights
  • Sponsors: The Cities of Philadelphia and Meridian
  • Time: All Day
  • Rise, Advocate, Educate and Cooperate: Voices of Heroic Women and Men in the Civil Rights Movement
  • Click here for more info
  • June 19-22

  • 2013 National Underground Railroad Conference
  • Sponsors: The National Park Service and the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom program
  • Time: All Day
  • The conference will commemorate the Sesquicentennial of the Emancipation Proclamation, as well as the 15th Anniversary of the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom
  • Click here for more info
  • June 30 - July 26

  • NEH Summer Seminar for Teachers; "The Abolitionist Movement: Fighting Slavery and Racial Injustice From the Revolution to the Civil War"
  • Sponsors: The National Endowment for the Humanities
  • Time: All Day
  • An NEH Summer Seminar for K-12 Teachers and Graduate Students
  • Click here for more info

October

  • Oct. 2-6

  • ASALH 98th Annual Conference
  • Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront, Jacksonville, Florida
  • More information
  • Oct. 10-13

  • AAHGS 34th National Conference
  • Sponsor: Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society, Nashville
  • Time: All Day
  • A premier opportunity to explore standard and innovative methods, resources, and findings related to the expansive history of African-Americans and the African Diaspora.
  • Click here for Hotel info, book by September 8, 2013 for the special rate!
  • Call for Papers, submissions due by February 20th

2014

February

  • February 22

  • 88th Annual Black History Luncheon
  • Washington Marriott Wardman Park
  • Washington, DC

September-October

  • TBD

  • ASALH 99th Annual Conference
  • Check back for more details!

2015

September

  • September 21 - 27, 2015

  • ASALH Centennial Conference
  • Sheraton
  • Atlanta, Georgia
  • Check back for more details!

2016

October

  • October 4 - 9, 2016

  • ASALH 101st Annual Conference
  • Marriott
  • Richmond, VA