The 23rd Annual Jefferson County African American Heritage Festival begins Friday, August 14 in Charles Town.
This weekend, the African American Heritage Festival takes over Charles Town, Ranson, and Harpers Ferry and runs until Sunday, August 16.
There will be a Basketball Tournament, Job Fair, and a Youth Block Party on Friday.
Saturday will feature a parade, kid’s activities, historical landmark dedications and live bands.
In Harpers Ferry Sunday, there will be a Memorial Walk to the site of John Brown’s Fort, and the festival comes to a close with a church service at the historical Curtis Freewill Baptist Church built in 1894.
Author: Liz McCormick
Liz is WVPB's Webmaster/Digital Coordinator and Eastern Panhandle Bureau Chief, based in Shepherdstown, WV on Shepherd University's campus. Liz is a native of Charleston, West Virginia. She received a M.A. in Strategic Communication from American University in 2022 and a B.A. in Communication and New Media from Shepherd in 2014. Prior to her role as webmaster, Liz was WVPB's Eastern Panhandle reporter from 2014-2022, the House of Delegates reporter on "The Legislature Today" from 2015-2017, and she covered K-12/higher education from 2020-2022. Liz has also worked as a technical assistant and associate producer on "The Legislature Today."
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