Juneteenth Woodlawn Cemetery Restoration Volunteer Event

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Date(s): Thursday, June 19, 2025
Time: 10:00am-3:00pm
Venue: Woodlawn Cemetery
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Event Description

In honor of Juneteenth, join the African American Cultural & Historical Museum of Washtenaw County, Ypsilanti Township, and Washtenaw County to cleanup Woodlawn Cemetery – the only black cemetery in Washtenaw County.

Woodlawn Cemetery has been abandoned since 1965. It needs significant work and they need the community’s help! Grab your gardening gloves, gardening shears and a tree cutters if you have them and help us uncover the over 150 burials covered by overgrowth. 

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Juneteenth is celebrated on June 19. In recent years, events honoring Juneteenth have increased and several camps have chosen to treat the day as a holiday.

Juneteenth is a celebration of African American freedom from slavery dating back to June 19th, 1865 when news of the Emancipation Proclamation reached Texas.

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Event Details
  • Date(s): Thursday, June 19, 2025
  • Time: 10:00am-3:00pm
  • Cost: Free
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  • Organizer: African American Cultural and Historical Museum of Washtenaw County
  • Organizer Phone: Not Provided
  • Organizer Email: Not Provided

Venue: Woodlawn Cemetery
Address: 7800 South Huron River Drive, Ypsilanti

   
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