Save Your Story: Oral History Workshop
Saturday 2 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.In this presentation and workshop, you will hear first-hand accounts from those who lived on these plantation sites over the past centuries. Site Educators will then teach visitors how to record quality oral histories of their own and demonstrate how to us the online platform, Storycorps.
Legacy in the Making: Scanning and Oral History Recording
Saturday 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.Do you have a passed down story to share? Do you have photographs of your ancestors in Brazoria County? Site educators will assist you in creating quality scans and recordings of your passed down stories, artifacts, pictures, and more.
Juneteenth Reading of General Order No. 3
Saturday 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.Join us at the Levi Jordan Plantation State Historic Site for a commemoration of Juneteenth and the reading of General Order No. 3, which ordered the emancipation of all of the enslaved people in Texas. Federal troops, including the United States Colored Troops, entered Texas in June of 1865 and announced the freedom of the enslaved people. Program begins at 10 am with a reading of General Order No. 3 at 11 am and 2 pm from Allen Mack, a living history interpreter from the United States Colored Troops. The 2 pm reading will be followed by an interview with Allen Mack. There will be demonstrations throughout the day from 10 am to 4 pm. This event is presented as part of Texas America250, commemorating the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
Juneteenth Guided Tour Day
Wednesday 10 a.m. - 12 p.m.Learn about the enslaved people of the Levi Jordan Plantation and Juneteenth during our guided tour day. The tour is included in the cost of admission to the site. No registration required
Juneteenth Guided Tour Day
Wednesday 2 p.m. - 4 p.m.Learn about the enslaved people of the Levi Jordan Plantation and Juneteenth during our guided tour day. The tour is included in the cost of admission to the site. No registration required
Juneteenth Guided Tour Day
Saturday 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.Learn about the enslaved people of the Levi Jordan Plantation and Juneteenth during our guided tour day. The tour is included in the cost of admission to the site. No registration required
Juneteenth Guided Tour Day
Saturday 2 p.m. - 4 p.m.Learn about the enslaved people of the Levi Jordan Plantation and Juneteenth during our guided tour day. The tour is included in the cost of admission to the site. No registration required
Juneteenth Guided Tour Day
Saturday 10 a.m. - 12 p.m.Learn about the enslaved people of the Levi Jordan Plantation and Juneteenth during our guided tour day. The tour is included in the cost of admission to the site. No registration required
Juneteenth Guided Tour Day
Saturday 2 p.m. - 4 p.m.Learn about the enslaved people of the Levi Jordan Plantation and Juneteenth during our guided tour day. The tour is included in the cost of admission to the site. No registration required
Levi Jordan & Varner-Hogg Plantations Virtual Book Club
Thursday 6 p.m. - 8 p.m.What to the Slave is the Fourth of July? by Frederick Douglass This speech was given at a meeting of the Rochester Ladies’ Anti-Slavery Society on July 5, 1852, in hopes of celebrating the 4th of July. Instead, Douglass draws upon his own experiences as an escaped slave and exposes the hypocrisy of America’s claim to Christian and democratic ideals despite its legacy of enslavement. The speech helped inspire the burgeoning abolitionist movement, which fought tirelessly for emancipation in the following decade leading up to the Civil War. This event is presented as part of Texas America250, commemorating the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.