Richard Allen Coalition celebrates Juneteenth
Paula Roberts, with Juneteenth flag, and Delaware State Police Trooper Patrick Johnson lead the parade through downtown Georgetown to the Richard Allen School. RON MACARTHUR PHOTOS
Celebrating a $100,000 community project fund grant for the Richard Allen Coalition are (l-r) U.S. Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester; Jane Hovington, Richard Allen Coalition president; Rep. Ruth Briggs King, R-Georgetown; Sen. Brian Pettyjohn, R-Georgetown; and Milford Mayor Archie Campbell.
Paula Roberts waves a Juneteenth flag to get everyone lined up for a parade to kick off the celebration in Georgetown.
Members of the Buffalo Soldiers Motorcycle Club lead the way in the Juneteenth parade around The Circle in Georgetown.
Members of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Sussex Chapter, are decked out in red and white.
Members of Delta Alpha Beta Zeta Sussex County Chapter of the Zeta Phi Beta Sorority take part in the Juneteenth celebration in Georgetown.
Members of the Lewes Juneteenth committee walk with a banner for the upcoming Lewes celebration Saturday, June 25.
Members of the Unitarian Universalists of Southern Delaware, with a church on Route 9 west of Lewes, march in the parade.
Nanticoke Tribe member Melissa Anderson, far right, explains the history and meaning of natural displays provided by the Nanticokes.
Ivan Neal, a former Richard Allen School student, serves as emcee.
The Rev. Tambra Stewart, chair of the Juneteenth celebration committee, welcomes everyone to the event on the grounds of the Richard Allen School in Georgetown.
Melinda Hudson leads the singing of “Lift Every Voice” to start the celebration.
Richard Allen Coalition President Jane Hovington announces the kick off of the capital campaign for the Richard Allen School, which will become a community center.
U.S. Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester says the Richard Allen Coalition was one of 10 organizations to receive a community project fund grant from her office.
Members of the Possum Point Players in Georgetown sing some Motown favorites.
Nanticoke Tribe member and dancer Herbert Jackson takes part in the Richard Allen School Juneteenth celebration.
Barbara Johnson, a member of the Delaware Readiness Team, hands out free books as part of a Department of Education summer literacy program.
Many vendors take part in the Juneteenth celebration at the Richard Allen School.
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Paula Roberts, with Juneteenth flag, and Delaware State Police Trooper Patrick Johnson lead the parade through downtown Georgetown to the Richard Allen School. RON MACARTHUR PHOTOS
Celebrating a $100,000 community project fund grant for the Richard Allen Coalition are (l-r) U.S. Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester; Jane Hovington, Richard Allen Coalition president; Rep. Ruth Briggs King, R-Georgetown; Sen. Brian Pettyjohn, R-Georgetown; and Milford Mayor Archie Campbell.
Paula Roberts waves a Juneteenth flag to get everyone lined up for a parade to kick off the celebration in Georgetown.
Members of the Buffalo Soldiers Motorcycle Club lead the way in the Juneteenth parade around The Circle in Georgetown.
Members of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Sussex Chapter, are decked out in red and white.
Members of Delta Alpha Beta Zeta Sussex County Chapter of the Zeta Phi Beta Sorority take part in the Juneteenth celebration in Georgetown.
Members of the Lewes Juneteenth committee walk with a banner for the upcoming Lewes celebration Saturday, June 25.
Members of the Unitarian Universalists of Southern Delaware, with a church on Route 9 west of Lewes, march in the parade.
Nanticoke Tribe member Melissa Anderson, far right, explains the history and meaning of natural displays provided by the Nanticokes.
Ivan Neal, a former Richard Allen School student, serves as emcee.
The Rev. Tambra Stewart, chair of the Juneteenth celebration committee, welcomes everyone to the event on the grounds of the Richard Allen School in Georgetown.
Melinda Hudson leads the singing of “Lift Every Voice” to start the celebration.
Richard Allen Coalition President Jane Hovington announces the kick off of the capital campaign for the Richard Allen School, which will become a community center.
U.S. Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester says the Richard Allen Coalition was one of 10 organizations to receive a community project fund grant from her office.
Members of the Possum Point Players in Georgetown sing some Motown favorites.
Nanticoke Tribe member and dancer Herbert Jackson takes part in the Richard Allen School Juneteenth celebration.
Barbara Johnson, a member of the Delaware Readiness Team, hands out free books as part of a Department of Education summer literacy program.
Many vendors take part in the Juneteenth celebration at the Richard Allen School.
What’s a parade without cars? Corvette owners proudly drive their colorful cars in the parade.
This year’s Juneteenth celebration held June 18, sponsored by the Richard Allen Coalition in Georgetown, had special meaning times two.
First, Juneteenth is now a federal holiday, and secondly, the event marked the beginning of a $2.7 million capital campaign to renovate and expand the Richard Allen School, which was a school for African American students dating back to the 1920s.
To jump-start the campaign, coalition President Jane Hovington was presented with a $100,000 community project grant by U.S. Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester. She said the project was one of 10 selected from a pool of 150 applicants.
The coalition is hoping for significant funding from this year’s Delaware Bond Bill. “We asked Jane to make a big ask to make this dream a reality,” said Rep. Ruth Briggs King, R-Georgetown. “We are getting close to that in the Bond Bill.”
The school was deeded in 2015 by the state to the coalition thanks to legislation sponsored by King and Sen. Brian Pettyjohn, R-Georgetown. In 2019, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Setting the scene for the day, Blunt Rochester called Sussex County a special place of history, family and faith. “This is a day of jubilee and a celebration of freedom for a people who were already free and didn’t know it,” she said.
Juneteenth, short for June 19, marks the date in 1865 that enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, found out they were free, nearly two years after President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation. It was recognized by state officials in 2000.
Paula Roberts, with Juneteenth flag, and Delaware State Police Trooper Patrick Johnson lead the parade through downtown Georgetown to the Richard Allen School. RON MACARTHUR PHOTOS
Celebrating a $100,000 community project fund grant for the Richard Allen Coalition are (l-r) U.S. Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester; Jane Hovington, Richard Allen Coalition president; Rep. Ruth Briggs King, R-Georgetown; Sen. Brian Pettyjohn, R-Georgetown; and Milford Mayor Archie Campbell.
Paula Roberts waves a Juneteenth flag to get everyone lined up for a parade to kick off the celebration in Georgetown.
Members of the Buffalo Soldiers Motorcycle Club lead the way in the Juneteenth parade around The Circle in Georgetown.
Members of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Sussex Chapter, are decked out in red and white.
Members of Delta Alpha Beta Zeta Sussex County Chapter of the Zeta Phi Beta Sorority take part in the Juneteenth celebration in Georgetown.
Members of the Lewes Juneteenth committee walk with a banner for the upcoming Lewes celebration Saturday, June 25.
Members of the Unitarian Universalists of Southern Delaware, with a church on Route 9 west of Lewes, march in the parade.
Nanticoke Tribe member Melissa Anderson, far right, explains the history and meaning of natural displays provided by the Nanticokes.
Ivan Neal, a former Richard Allen School student, serves as emcee.
The Rev. Tambra Stewart, chair of the Juneteenth celebration committee, welcomes everyone to the event on the grounds of the Richard Allen School in Georgetown.
Melinda Hudson leads the singing of “Lift Every Voice” to start the celebration.
Richard Allen Coalition President Jane Hovington announces the kick off of the capital campaign for the Richard Allen School, which will become a community center.
U.S. Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester says the Richard Allen Coalition was one of 10 organizations to receive a community project fund grant from her office.
Members of the Possum Point Players in Georgetown sing some Motown favorites.
Nanticoke Tribe member and dancer Herbert Jackson takes part in the Richard Allen School Juneteenth celebration.
Barbara Johnson, a member of the Delaware Readiness Team, hands out free books as part of a Department of Education summer literacy program.
Many vendors take part in the Juneteenth celebration at the Richard Allen School.
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