First Annual Black History Month Parade & Grand Opening of Black History Month Exhibits & Reception at Delaware County Historical Society Museum

408 Avenue of the States, Chester, PA | Get Directions »
FREE

UPDATE: This event has been postponed to Saturday, Feb. 2.

Friends:

The Delaware County Historical Society (DCHS) will present the first-ever
Black History Parade in Chester on Saturday, Jan. 26, 2013 to celebrate Dr.
Martin Luther King and kick-off Black History Month. Chester City and Delaware
County are steeped in rich history and this event will be followed by the Grand
Opening of the Black History exhibit at the Museum of the History of Delaware
County, 408 Avenue of the States in Chester.



Black History Parade and Exhibit

    DETAILS: Parade assembles at Noon and starts
at 1 P.M. from MLK Memorial Park, 620 Engle St. in Chester and ends
around 2 P.M. at the Museum of the

                 History of
Delaware County, 408 Avenue of the States in Chester.

                
Confirmed Parade Participants:

                             
PA Buffalo Soldiers motorcylists

                       
Revolutionary War soldier Ned Hector (re-enacted in full costume by Noah Lewis)

                       
Members of the 3rd Regiment U.S.
Colored Infantry

             
                A
Salute to the Chester Clippers historic basketball team 1950-2013 with various
players and coaches

                     
        Kollective Talent
award-winning drill team

                             
Other organizations and political figures; confirmations pending



                
PARADE ROUTE:

                       
Starts at MLK Memorial Park, 7th and Engle Sts., Chester

                       
East along 7th St. to Kerlin St.

                       
Right on Kerlin to 5th St.

                       
Left on 5th St. to Edgmont Ave.

                       
Right on Edgmont Ave. to 4th St.

                     
  Left on 4th St. to Avenue of the States.

                     
  Parade ends; vehicles can park in City Hall lot.



                    
GRAND OPENING program 2:30 - 4 P.M. at the Museum of the History of
Delaware County, 408 Avenue of the States in Chester.

                       
Music by the Gospel Disciples of Chester

                       
Presentations from: Buffalo Soldiers, 3rd Regiment U.S. Colored Infantry,
Chester Clippers and more.

                       
African dance presentation by Monika Rhoades

                       


   BACKGROUND ON PARTICIPANTS:

        Delaware County Historical
Society (www.dchs-pa.org)
is the county's oldest established historical society, founded in 1895, that operates Greenbank Farm, 991 Palmers Mill
Road in Marple and the Museum of the History of Delaware County, 408 Avenue
of the States in Chester. The Museum also houses a research library that makes
collections accessible to members and visitors. Research services are also
available. Collections include artifacts, art, books, photographs, postcards,
newspapers, city directories, maps, county histories, business histories, local
high school yearbooks and so much more. DCHS also operates the Passport to History
program in elementary schools throughout the county's 15 school districts that
exposes children to county history and locations. The Black History exhibit
opens Jan. 26th and continues until March, 2013.