Ninth Annual Juneteenth Celebration

Second Calvary Baptist Church will hold its ninth annual Juneteenth Celebration at 1110 Mason Road in Columbia, South Carolina, on Saturday, June 27, 2015, at 9 am. This year’s Juneteenth Celebration is held in conjunction with Waverly District, Civil War to Civil Rights, part of the "Burning of Columbia" series of activities commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Civil War. Events include presentations and displays, music and dance performances, and a community picnic. Juneteenth is sponsored by Second Calvary Baptist Church, with the "Burning of Columbia" activities sponsored by the James M. Hinton Foundation through funding from the City of Columbia Hospitality Tax grant program.

The James M. Hinton Foundation and Tnovsa are among nearly 30 organizations that make up Columbia Commemorates, a multi-disciplinary coalition formed to plan and implement the citywide commemoration of the Burning of Columbia.