Events

June 22, 2024 @ 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm – For the 2024 commemoration of Juneteenth, Jillian LaCaresse, representing the Marlborough Preservation Society and member of Marlborough Congregational Church, will be heading up a memorial service at Century Cemetery, which was owned in the distant past by the Marlborough Congregational Church. This service is held to commemorate the forty-one black citizens who were denied entry […]

June 22, 2024 @ 2:30 pm – 3:15 pm – At 2:30 pm, the ceremony to commemorate those individuals. It will be a rain or shine event, Pastor Val will speak at this ceremony, all forty-one names will be read, and a commemorative bench will be dedicated to those individuals. In addition, the church bell will be rung forty-one times in dedication to those individuals.

June 22, 2024 @ 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm – CCSU History Department member Dr. Camesha Scruggs will be speaking on the importance of Juneteenth. A reception will follow. If anyone would like to know more about Juneteenth, this is a wonderful opportunity to hear Dr. Scruggs speak and to ask questions!