Charles Sumner Post #25, Grand Army of the Republic
Grand Opening
Saturday, June 21, 2014
10 am – 7 pm
206 South Queen Street|- Chestertown, MD
Events and Timing
9:00 Buffalo Soldiers hold their quarterly meeting in the Building
9:30 Buffalo Soldiers ride
10:00 Festival Opens with children’s games and May Pole
MUSIC UNDER THE TENT
10:20 Sensational Stars
10:40 Souls of Faith
11:00 Burke Family Singers
11:20 Frederick Douglas – reenactor Maryland Humanities Council’s Bill Grimmett
11:40 Mass. 54th reenactors
NOON Ceremonial Wreath Laying for USCT (Colored Troops)
Led by Mass 54th soldiers, and the Kent County Middle School drum corps, followed by the festival attendees March to the Memorial Park on High Street in front of the Court House. A prayer by Rev. Clarence Hawkins.
MUSIC UNDER THE TENT
1:00 The New Gospelites
1:20 Peter Heck & Mary Simmons
1:40 God’s Wealth with Sunny Fassett et al
2:00 Pam Ortiz Band
2:20 Pilgrim Travelers
3:00 Tribute to the elders of our community
3:15 Poetry by Robert Earl Price and introduction of speaker
3:25 Dr. Clara Small, Keynote speech
4:00 Ribbon Cutting at Charles Sumner Post, plus Star Spangled Banner
MUSIC UNDER THE TENT
5:00 The Vaughn Bratcher Project
6:00 100 Voice Choir
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