October 22, 2022
Commemorating
ST. JOHN COLONY
HERITAGE LEGACY HISTORICAL MARKER
RELOCATION DEDICATION CEREMONY
PROGRAMME
10:00 A.M. OPENING PRAYER
OPENING REMARKS, DORAY HILL PRESIDENT
PURPOSE OF HISTORICAL MARKER RELOCATION, ROSIE L. DARBY
RELOCATING THE ST. JOHN COLONY HISTORICAL MARKER
HONORING AND GIVING THANKS WITH APPRECIATION TO
PASTOR LEE OTIS CARTER
SYBOLIC MOVING THE MARKER
OFFICIATING BY MARSHALL HILL, VICE PRESIDENT
FROM NEAR THE ZION UNION ST JOHN CEMETERY
RELOCATE THE MARKER TO EMANCIPATION GROUNDS
ACTIVITY
Shoveling of Dirt Uncovering Marker,
Singing Hymn “There Is A Leak In This Old Building”
This Will Be A Symbolic Transfer of the St. John Colony Historical Marker
Sanctioned by the descendants of St. John Colony
MARKER RELOCATION PROGRAM WILL MOVE AND CONTINUE
ON THE
EMANCIPATION GROUNDS
THIS IS THE NEW DESIGNATED SITE FOR
THE ST. JOHN COLONY HISTORICAL MARKER
THE PROCESSION WILL BE LED BY
COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT
FIRE DEPARTMENT
ST. JOHN COLONY COWBOYS
FOLLOWED BY
ST. JOHN COLONY DESCENDANTS AND PARTICIPANTS
SYMBOLIC PLACING OF THE MARKER
OFFICIATING BY MARSHALL HILL, PRESIDENT
Shoveling of Dirt Uncovering Marker,
Song and Prayer by Minister Laura Loretta Hardaway
Completion of the Symbolic Transfer of the St. John Colony Historical Marker To the Emancipation Grounds
Sanctioned by the descendants of St. John Colony
With holding hands and having a moment of silence giving thanks to St. John Colony Ancestral Historical Legacy!
Reading of Additional 150th Juneteenth Celebration Proclamations by Rosie L. Darby
Viewing of Greetings from Dr. Andrea Roberts from Freedom Colonies Project
Historical Group
Geology Presentation
(Will Be A St. John Colony Descendant’s Workshop)
Acknowledgements, Thanks and Final Remarks by Doray Hill, President/Marshall Hill, Vice President
Dismissed, Food Blessed and Served!!!!
THANK YOU BE BLESSED ALWAYS
St. John Colony
For those attending a donation of $15 to cover the food is requested. If you plan to attend, register here.