Despite hot and humid conditions, the Mayhew Cabin’s annual Juneteenth Celebration June 26 drew good crowds.
Juneteenth, the oldest known holiday that marks the end of American slavery, is celebrated annually at the attraction, which is an Underground Railroad site.
Programs Saturday included Civil War Reenactors, a woodworking display by Butch Bouvier, kids’ activities, and other demonstrations and displays.
The Civil War Reenactors demonstrated skirmishes in which Union and Confederate soldiers battled among the buildings and trees at the site.
Fred Nielsen of the Nebraska Humanities Council presented the program “Completing, Remembering, and Forgetting the Civil War” in the welcome center which has been partially remodeled for just such activities.
As part of the event, the Mayhew Cabin unveiled a traveling exhibit from Harpers Ferry National Historic Park in West Virginia.
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Despite hot and humid conditions, the Mayhew Cabin’s annual Juneteenth Celebration June 26 drew good crowds.
Juneteenth, the oldest known holiday that marks the end of American slavery, is celebrated annually at the attraction, which is an Underground Railroad site.
Programs Saturday included Civil War Reenactors, a woodworking display by Butch Bouvier, kids’ activities, and other demonstrations and displays.
The Civil War Reenactors demonstrated skirmishes in which Union and Confederate soldiers battled among the buildings and trees at the site.
Fred Nielsen of the Nebraska Humanities Council presented the program “Completing, Remembering, and Forgetting the Civil War” in the welcome center which has been partially remodeled for just such activities.
As part of the event, the Mayhew Cabin unveiled a traveling exhibit from Harpers Ferry National Historic Park in West Virginia.
