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Juneteenth fest offers displays, history, music
By TIMES STAFF
Published June 9, 2007
BROOKSVILLE The Juneteenth Historical Festival will take place from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Thursday through June 17 at Russell Street Park. The event will include Southern food, a slave artifacts display, arts and crafts, modern dancing, poetry, a teen pop and hip-hop concert Friday, an Underground Railroad trail experience June 16, and other activities. "Juneteenth" is short for June 19, 1865, when news of emancipation reached slaves in Galveston, Texas, two years after President Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation. For information, call Paul Boston at 797-5451 or the Just Us newsletter at 238-3500. Housing Authority meets at 10 a.m. The Brooksville Housing Authority will meet at 10 a.m. today in the recreation hall at 800 Continental Drive. For information, call 796-6547. WEEKI WACHEE Peace group plans demonstration The Nature Coast Coalition for Peace and Justice will have an antiwar demonstration from 10 a.m. to noon today at Cortez Boulevard and Commercial Way. Demonstrators are in opposition to the recent vote in Congress for continued war funding, increased threats against Iran, a surge in civilian and troop deaths in Iraq, and threats to free speech. Today's picks Benefit Carwash with Dragon's Dojo students: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., 4580 Commercial Way (St. Lucy's Plaza), Spring Hill. 597-5608. Boyett's Grove Benefit and the Connection's Eighth Anniversary Party: 4 p.m., 18640 Cortez Blvd., Brooksville. 799-6468. Crabgrass Cowboys to perform at Brooksville Bandshell Bash and Brooksville Cruise-In: 4 to 8 p.m., Hernando Park band shell, 205 E Fort Dade Ave., Brooksville. Free. 754-4788. Hernando County Philippine-American Association 109th Philippine Independence Day celebration picnic: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Linda Pedersen Park, 6400 Shoal Line Blvd., Hernando Beach. Free. 848-1031 or 666-5381. Hernando County Fair Association flea market: 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., Hernando County Fairgrounds, 6436 S Broad St., Brooksville. 796-4552. Lea's Prayer and Postage Poker Run: Marine Corps League Detachment 708, 8405 Sunshine Grove Road, west of Brooksville. Registration is at 10 a.m.; riders leave at 11 a.m. $20 for the first hand and $10 for additional hands. 799-8573 or 346-3742.
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