June 19th Community Walk | Portsmouth, NH

Description

Celebrate Juneteenth side-by-side with others of goodwill by walking from Kittery, Maine, to the African Burying Ground in Portsmouth, New Hampshire! Meet at John Paul Jones Memorial Park on the Kittery side of the Route 1 Memorial Bridge. Wakers will gather by 9:00 AM and begin the 0.8-mile walk at 9:30 AM to the Burying Ground at 386 State Street, Portsmouth, NH, led by The Leftist Marching Band.

Parking for those participating in the walk is available at Kittery Walk-in Care, 35 Walker Street, and wheelchair-accessible parking spots across Hunter Ave by the Warren’s Lobster sign.

Bring a Sign. Bring a tambourine! Help celebrate African American Freedom.

This walk is hosted by The Seacoast African American Cultural Center, the Black Heritage Trail of New Hampshire, BLM NH, Green Acre Baha’i Center of Learning, and Seacoast NAACP.