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Black Business Month

August is #BlackBusinessMonth Please share/tag Black-owned businesses in the comments section – particularly #WesternMarylandBusinesses! Here are 5 ways to support Black-owned businesses: 1. Offer Visibility:

60th Anniversary: March on Washington

We must stand together. ✊🏾 Join us this Saturday, August 26 for the 60th #MarchOnWashington at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. On August 28, 1963, the

2023 Victorian Chautauqua

Victorian Chautauqua (July 8-9)! Free admission… enjoy live performances, music, artisans, food, Model T cars & much more. Learn more: https://www.vc-mlp.com Each year, Mountain Lake Park celebrates

Cumberland Juneteenth Festival

2023 Juneteenth Festival ❤️🖤💛💚 GCNAACP would like to thank Allegany County NAACP Branch 7007 for hosting the 3rd annual Juneteenth event! From fantastic live bands

Juneteenth Commemoration of Eli Truly

Celebrate Juneteenth with GCHS (host) and GCNAACP. Juneteenth commemorates June 19, 1865, the date on which enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, finally received the news

R.R. Wilkinson Street Renaming Ceremony

🎉🎉🎉 CITY OF ROANOKE TO RENAME STREET AFTER REVEREND DR. R.R. WILKINSON (JUNE 16, 2023 @ 11am) 🎉🎉🎉 Article link: https://www.wfxrtv.com/news/local-news/roanoke-valley-news/the-city-of-roanoke-to-rename-street-after-reverend-dr-r-r-wilkinson/R.R. Wilkinson Foundation Website: https://www.rrwilkinson.org/

Happy Juneteenth

Happy #Juneteenth ❤️🖤💛💚 Juneteenth (now a federal holiday) honors the emancipation of Black slaves in the U.S. Join us for the 3rd annual Cumberland Juneteenth