Jun 18 2022
A Taste of History - Juneteenth Celebration

A Taste of History - Juneteenth Celebration

Presented by Hopewell Rosenwald School-Cedar Creek; 690 State Hwy 21 West, Cedar Creek, Texas at Hopewell Rosenwald School-Cedar Creek

The Juneteenth celebration at the historic Hopewell Rosenwald School located in Cedar Creek, just west of Bastrop, will include an open house/tour of the school. There will be a sampling of foods historically enjoyed on this date, like barbecue and potato salad among other refreshments; games for the entire family; and former students from throughout the county are invited to share their oral history. With a grant from the National Parks Service, the Hopewell Rosenwald School of Cedar Creek has been restored and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in July 2015

 

Rosenwald Schools

Booker T. Washington of the Tuskegee Institute and Julius Rosenwald, philanthropist and president of Sears Roebuck, built state-of-the art schools for African-American children across the South. The effort has been called the most important initiative to advance black education in the early 20th century. The Hopewell Rosenwald School-Cedar Creek is one of the more than 5000 built for African American students in the early 1920s. 

Learn more here:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hopewell_School_(Cedar_Creek,_Texas)

 

Cost:  FREE

 

Admission Info

Cost: Free

Phone: 5125856092

Email: HopewellRosenwaldSchool@gmail.com

Dates & Times

2022/06/18 - 2022/06/18

Additional time info:

The Juneteenth celebration at the historic Hopewell Rosenwald School located in Cedar Creek, just west of Bastrop, will include an open house/tour of the school. There will be a sampling of foods historically enjoyed on this date, like barbecue and potato salad among other refreshments; games for the entire family; and former students from throughout the county are invited to share their oral history. With a grant from the National Parks Service, the Hopewell Rosenwald School of Cedar Creek has been restored and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in July 2015

 

Rosenwald Schools

Booker T. Washington of the Tuskegee Institute and Julius Rosenwald, philanthropist and president of Sears Roebuck, built state-of-the art schools for African-American children across the South. The effort has been called the most important initiative to advance black education in the early 20th century. The Hopewell Rosenwald School-Cedar Creek is one of the more than 5000 built for African American students in the early 1920s. 

Learn more here:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hopewell_School_(Cedar_Creek,_Texas)

 

Cost:  FREE

Location Info

Hopewell Rosenwald School-Cedar Creek

690 State Hwy 21 West, Cedar Creek, TX