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Somerset County Juneteenth Celebration
Somerville Courthouse Green Main Street - Between North Bridge and Grove Street, Somerville, NJ, United StatesSomerset 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
History on the Green
Somerville Courthouse Green Main Street - Between North Bridge and Grove Street, Somerville, NJ, United StatesOn Saturday, July 22, a fun-filled day will bring Revolutionary War history to life in downtown Somerville. The second annual "History on the Green" will be held on the historic Courthouse Green on Main Street, between North Bridge and Grove streets, from 10:00am to 4:00pm. During this family-friendly living history event, visitors will have an opportunity to explore a pop-up Revolutionary War encampment, interact with George Washington, play with colonial toys and games, watch canon and musket demos, and much more! This year’s program will feature a procession and concert by the internationally renowned Massachusetts Middlesex County Volunteers Fifes & Drums. The band will start lining up at 2:00pm in front of the historic Wallace House, which served as Washington’s winter headquarters between 1778-1779. At 2:30pm, the Fife & Drum Corps will parade down Main Street to the historic Courthouse, where they will perform a finale concert with music from the Revolutionary War era around 3:00pm.
