St. Augustine Remembrance Ceremony in honor of UNESCO International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its’ Abolition — Wednesday, August 23, 2023 at the Gazebo in the Plaza de la Constitución.
Did you know?! …. 9 recorded ships carrying over 1200 Africans arrived in St. Augustine from 1767 to 1776.
Lincolnville Museum & Cultural Center invites you to the St. Augustine Remembrance Ceremony to commemorate the 2 million African ancestors who perished during the transatlantic human trade route – known as the Middle Passage – and the 10 million who survived to build the Americas.
4:45pm — African Drumming and Native American Smudging
5:00pm — Ringing of Bells at Trinity Parish
5:00pm-5:30pm — Ceremony at the Gazebo in the Plaza de la Constitución
Program Highlights
*City Proclamation
*Libation Ceremony
*Remembrance Offerings from Local Faith Leaders
*Naming the African Ancestral Homelands
Sponsored by the St. Photios Foundation and the St. Johns Cultural Council
