'It's very encouraging because I've watched the holiday grow,' said Nina Elizabeth Ball, who is the director of programming at The African American Museum in Philadelphia.
"We are headlining with hip hop royalty DJ Spinderella," said Ball. "We have hopscotch, cotton candy, face painting, and health activations. I can't even name all the things we are doing."
The museum is also offering free admission on Saturday and Monday including the exhibit "Rising Sun: Artists in an Uncertain America." "Artists were commissioned to answer that fateful question, is the sun rising or setting on the experiment of American democracy?" said Ball.. The museum will also be free on Saturday.
The museum is expecting anywhere from 7,000 to 10,000 visitors between the block party and the free museum access. The weekend of Juneteenth festivities kicked off on Friday morning with the Honor the Ancestors breakfast, which paid homage to Trudy Haynes and LaDiva Davis. It begins a weekend of activity for the Philadelphia Juneteenth Parade and Festival. The parade on Sunday begins at 11 a.m. at 52nd and Parkside. It ends at 2 p.m. at 52nd and Pine streets.
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