Somerville Courthouse Green

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  • History on the Green

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    Somerville Courthouse Green Main Street - Between North Bridge and Grove Street, Somerville, NJ, United States

    Experience living history in downtown Somerville! Step back into the past and visit Revolutionary-era New Jersey at Somerset County's free living history event for the whole family - History on the Green! Join us on the Historic Somerset County Courthouse Green in Somerville to:   Explore a pop-up encampment & visit with Revolutionary War soldiers! Meet George and Martha Washington! (Don't forget to get their autographs!) See early-American artisans in action! Experience cannon and musket firing demonstrations! Play colonial toys & games! Learn to write with a quill! Train to become a Revolutionary War Spy! And SO MUCH MORE

  • 5th Annual Juneteenth Celebration

    Somerville Courthouse Green Main Street - Between North Bridge and Grove Street, Somerville, NJ, United States

    5:00PM-6:00PM Bring a lawn chair or blanket, find a nice spot on the Courthouse Green, and enjoy the music of DJ Brighter Daze.     6:00PM-7:30PM Charisa the ViolinDiva Enjoy a performance by Charisa the ViolinDiva, a contemporary violinist and vocalist with experience collaborating with artists around the globe! Join in as they perform “Lift Every Voice and Sing”.   Zawadi African Dance & Drum Experience and appreciate traditional African dance, music, song, and history through Zawadi African Dance & Drum’s powerful performances.   Poetry Reading by Miss Olivia A talented poet, creative storyteller, and Somerset County resident – Ms. Olivia Ivy Altidor will present an original poem honoring the Roots of Resilience.   3rd Annual Juneteenth Leadership Award Presentation Honoring Beverly Mills (pictured below on the left) and Elaine Buck (pictured below on the right), the co-founders of the Stoutsburg Sourland African American Museum located in Montgomery Township and co-authors of “If These Stones Could Talk.

  • Somerset County Juneteenth Celebration

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    Somerville Courthouse Green Main Street - Between North Bridge and Grove Street, Somerville, NJ, United States

    Somerset County Juneteenth Celebration Somerset County will honor 18 US Colored Troops (USCT) who fought for the Union Army in the Civil War and are buried in Somerville’s New Cemetery at its fourth annual Juneteenth celebration on Wednesday, June 19. The program begins at 5:30 p.m. on the steps of the Historic Somerset County Courthouse in Somerville. “Juneteenth celebrates the day when news of the Emancipation Proclamation finally reached enslaved African Americans in Texas,” said Somerset County Commissioner Director Shanel Y. Robinson. “It is thus very fitting that we use this holiday to remember and honor the US Colored Troops who helped save the Union, end the sin of slavery, and who were laid to rest here in Somerset County.” As part of the festivities, the Somerset County Commissioners will award the Juneteenth Leadership Award to Arthur E.D. Adair, a Somerville native who has cared for the graves of those 18 African American veterans for nearly two decades. The keynote address will be given by Director Robinson’s own father, the Rev. Dr. W. Golden Carmon, Sr. the Senior Pastor at Mount Zion A.M.E. Church, New Brunswick. Somerset County Surrogate Bernice “Tina” Jalloh, Esq., will speak regarding the County’s new grant funded project

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