MEDIA ADVISORY: Emancipation Day Celebration at the Knott House Museum

Tallahassee –

Press and media are invited to attend the Emancipation Day Celebration at the Knott House Museum on May 20, 2016, from 11:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. More than 400 visitors attend the commemoration of the 1865 declaration by Union Brigadier General Edward McCook that the Emancipation Proclamation was in effect in Florida. The annual event includes musical performances, speakers, a reading of the Emancipation Proclamation, and a free lunch in Lewis Park.

WHEN:                      Friday, May 20, 2016, from 11:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

At 11:15 a.m., Secretary of State Ken Detzner and George James, Interim Executive Director of the John G. Riley Museum, will be available for media interviews.

LOCATION:              The Knott House Museum
                                    301 East Park Avenue
                                    Tallahassee, Florida

SPEAKERS:            Florida Secretary of State Ken Detzner

                                    Trampas Alderman, Curator of Education, Museum of Florida History

                                    Dr. Larry E. Rivers, Professor of History, Valdosta State University

                                    Reverend Cal Goodlett, St. Michael & All Angels Episcopal Church

                                    Attorney Melody Hadley, Chair, John G. Riley Museum Board of Directors

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About Emancipation Day:
Emancipation Day is part of a weeklong celebration of Emancipation in Florida’s capital city.  Since 2001, the Knott House Museum and the John G. Riley Museum have partnered to produce this public celebration at the Knott House Museum. The Emancipation Day Celebration is sponsored by the City of Tallahassee, the Council on Culture and Arts, the Friends of the Museums of Florida History, Inc., Harry’s Seafood Bar and Grille, Hopping, Green and Sams, P. A., and Tallahassee Downtown.