Edward Johnson Park – 10:00-3:00
Speakers at Carver Center & Bridges Methodist Church
Join us at this historic event and enjoy food trucks, history displays and demonstrations, DJ music, many vendors, history re-enactors, important Florida Humanities speakers, tours of local landmark’s, the kid zone, wine/beer tent and the always popular mechanical bull experience.
Schedule – Choose how you spend your time
10:00 – Carver Center – Opening Ceremony, Giving Thanks, Reverend Giddens, Historical Sign Dedication, Student Scholarship Presentation, Sponsor Announcements and Appreciation.
10:00 – 3:00 Edward Johnson City Park – Kids Zone, Vendors, Wine/Beer Tent, DJ music, Mechanical Bull Riding, Food Trucks, Historic Displays, Discussions, Exhibitions
10:00 – 3:00 – Holden House Museum – Historic Tours All Day
10:30-11:30 – Carver Center, Speaker #1 – James Abraham – Bloody Streets and Crooked Lines: 100 Years of Voter Suppression in Florida
11:00 – 1:00 – Little Red School House Tours
11:45 – 12:30 – Carver Center, Speaker #2 – Pat Mitchell – Growing up in Bunnell as a 5th generation African American
1:00 – Edward Johnson City Park Pavillion – Cake Cutting
1:30 – 2:30 – Bridges – A United Methodist Fellowship Sanctuary, Speaker #3 – Chris Kahl – A Musical Journey Through Florida
3:00 – DJ Tent – Raffle and Closing Remarks – The raffle supports student scholarships and the winner. You don’t have to be present to win but it would sure be fun if you were!
Speakers
Thank you to the Florida Humanities Council for their grant to invite these esteem speakers. These are powerful talks that give light to the past and hope for the future.
James Abraham – Streets and Crooked Lines: 100 Years of Voter Suppression in Florida – From the violent and fatal 1921 election riots in Ocoee through modern redistricting issues, this presentation explores voter suppression in Florida over one hundred years and the prime figures in the struggle for full and equal access to the polls.
Pat Mitchell Hines – Mitchell is a local Author, 5th generation African American that will speak about her great great great enslaved grandfather, her heritage, and how her heritage has formed the person she is today.
Chris Kahl – Musical Journey Through Florida – This presentation takes audiences on a historical journey through the state, featuring performances of songs covering a wealth of historical events, characters, and folklore with in-depth storytelling about Ponce de Leon’s voyage to Florida in 1513, Henry Flagler’s building of the Florida East Coast Railway, Florida’s unique ecosystems, and more. Original songs come from Chris Kahl’s Florida-themed albums, Orange Blossom
Did you get your history pass?
Who are these people and when did they live here? Why? What happened?
Find them on EJ Field and learn their history, your history!
