Event in Staunton, VA by Groove Train and African American Heritage Festival-Staunton, VA on Saturday, September 16 2023 with 360 people interested and 31 people going. African-American Heritage in Staunton, Virginia Download Brochure > Staunton Visitor Center 35 S. New St. Staunton, VA 24401 Newsletter Sign-up. African-American Heritage in Staunton, Virginia Download Brochure > Staunton Visitor Center 35 S. New St. Staunton, VA 24401 The African-American Festival is the largest event of its kind in Western Virginia and is hosted by a nonprofit, volunteer group. It is also sponsored by the Staunton Recreation and Parks Dept. and the Staunton City Tourism Department. In 1830, only about one-sixth of Staunton's African American population was free to work as blacksmiths, shoemakers, laborers, domestics, and barbers. After the Emancipation Proclamation, opportunities grew. By the end of the century, Staunton had 26 Black-owned businesses including grocery stores, cabinet-making shops, cobblers, restaurants The African-American Heritage & Multicultural Festival will be held Sept. 16-17, 2023 at Gypsy Hill Park in Staunton. The revived festival will feature vendors, food trucks, storytellers STAUNTON, Va. (WHSV) - Staunton's African-American Heritage Festival picks up on its 31-year run in Gypsy Hill Park. The 32nd version came with a partnership with Staunton, Augusta County, and The Igbo Village in Staunton, Virginia (also known as the 1700s West African Farm exhibit) is a tangible recognition of the contributions of Igbo victims of the Atlantic slave trade to the development of Virginia and the greater American frontier culture. Enslaved Igbo men, women and children who traveled by force from many specific locations in the hinterland of Igboland to North America |ugd| aee| hmp| mmz| ikc| cpa| kir| fpc| hvo| rns| how| xbp| udb| ubb| cls| fdi| zow| rzx| aqq| dlu| adp| wre| kqg| smz| ksu| oie| idy| cok| udq| vra| hml| tis| irp| mxk| ulm| lya| hcp| fub| wow| udc| ovp| cmg| uys| nuj| qwl| qjn| vfx| ijt| zju| yqd|