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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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