The Bookstore of Gloucester, Dogtown Books, and Susie’s Stories will be back with free books for the community at this year’s Juneteenth Festival, hosted by Cape Ann Museum! Happening on Sunday June 18th this year, so folks have the chance to rest or celebrate on June 19th - Juneteenth. Join us at CAM’s downtown campus for books, crafts, and fun.

Per CAM’s website:

Celebrate Juneteenth, the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the ending of slavery in the United States! The third Gloucester Juneteenth Celebration is presented by the North Shore Juneteenth Association and CAM’s Community Engagement Committee Member, Toni Waldron, who hosted the first Gloucester Juneteenth Celebration in 2021. Learn about the Juneteenth Holiday and its connection to Cape Ann history while celebrating Black history through music, dance and food.  

As described by the North Shore Juneteenth Association, “Juneteenth is an American Holiday that commemorates June 19, 1865, the date that enslaved Black people of Galveston, Texas, learned that President Abraham Lincoln had freed enslaved people in rebel states two and a half years earlier. This was the last group of enslaved Black people to learn of their freedom! Juneteenth is a celebration of freedom, a day to reflect on how far we have come and how we will continue to move forward, and a day to focus on the complexity of the Black American experience.” 

at Cape Ann Museum, 27 Pleasant Street, Gloucester, MA 
Free and open to the public 

Juneteenth 2022

Juneteenth 2022