Hosanna School Museum’s 4th Annual Juneteenth Celebration Commemorates 400 Years of Perseverance Through History, Culture and Achievement
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DARLINGTON, Md. – The Hosanna School Museum hosted its 4th Annual Juneteenth Celebration with a Great Mask Giveaway and Sale of Afro-centric, hand-crafted face coverings to support black-owned and small businesses while helping to protect against the coronavirus, which has disproportionately affected people of color.
“We wrestled with the idea of having this year’s festivities because of the coronavirus pandemic, which exposed many inequities in our black communities,” said Dr. Iris Leigh Barnes, executive director of the Hosanna School Museum.
This year’s Juneteenth festivities also included self-guided tours of Hosanna School Museum and a virtual film discussion of “Just Mercy” led by Hosanna’s partner, the Havre de Grace Arts Collective.
Proceeds from the Great Mask Giveaway and Sale benefited the Harford Community Action Agency Food Bank and educational programming for the Hosanna School Museum.
Hosanna School Museum was the first of three Freedmen’s Bureau schoolhouses erected in Harford County, Md.
