Shotgun house tours, music and protest set for Juneteenth

  • Reverend Bobby Hulme-Lippert, pastor at Georgetown's First Presbyterian Church, was accompanied by his wife Michelle and their children Logan, 2, and Leo, 7, as they visited with Paulette Taylor, right, at the Shotgun House Museum on Saturday, February 18, 2023. Located at 801 West Street, the is museum is maintained by the Georgetown Cultural Citizen Memorial Association. Photo by Andy Sharp
    Reverend Bobby Hulme-Lippert, pastor at Georgetown's First Presbyterian Church, was accompanied by his wife Michelle and their children Logan, 2, and Leo, 7, as they visited with Paulette Taylor, right, at the Shotgun House Museum on Saturday, February 18, 2023. Located at 801 West Street, the is museum is maintained by the Georgetown Cultural Citizen Memorial Association. Photo by Andy Sharp
    The annual Juneteenth celebration at the Georgetown Community Center was held last Saturday, but the community will come together again Friday, June 19, to mark the day in 1865 when federal troops arrived in Galveston to announce all enslaved people were freed.The Georgetown Cultural Citizen Memorial Association is offering Shotgun House tours Friday from noon to 2 p.m. The Shotgun House...

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