Juneteenth Highlights

The BAAC sponsored Weston, Missouri’s first Juneteenth Heritage Jubilee in June of 2021. For 2022, the celebration will be Saturday, June 18th. Look for information on the BAAC, the Weston Historical Museum and Weston Chamber Facebook pages.

A link to a Video from the 2021 Juneteenth Heritage Jubilee:
 From Slavery to Freedom, a documentation of Weston, Missouri's first annual Juneteenth Heritage Jubilee, June 18, 2021.

The Black Ancestors Awareness Campaign of Weston

The Black Ancestors Awareness Campaign is a standing committee of the Weston Historical Museum

VISION

To increase visibility in permanent exhibits, changing galleries, archives, and yearlong programming honoring Weston’s Black history and an annual Juneteenth Jubilee to enhance the value, legacy, and charm of historic Weston.

MISSION

To recognize, honor, and promote the lives and contributions of Weston’s resilient Black community, whose labor, talent, and industry resonate in historic Weston to this day.

GUIDING PRINCIPLES

To say names, tell the stories, and meticulously excavate Weston’s Black lineage from obscurity, respectfully honor and reintroduce their lives and histories back into historic Weston.

CHARTER MEMBERS

Angela Hagenbach, Marilyn Carpenter, Rebecca Ehrich, Phyllis Becker, Sally Gaskill, Joyce Johnson

BAAC to the FUTURE by way of the PAST

Contact:
Weston Black – Baac1837@gmail.com
Black Ancestors Awareness Campaign of Weston
526 Main Street
Weston, MO 64098