Neptune Black History Month

Neptune Black History Month Celebrating Black History in Neptune Township NJ with educational, performing arts show during Black History Month + parade on Juneteenth.

Free and open to the public–details on our event page! We are thankful for our wonderful volunteers and sponsors.

06/19/2026

❤️🖤💚 HAPPY JUNETEENTH! ❤️🖤💚

Today we honor June 19, 1865 — the day enslaved people in Galveston, Texas finally received word of their freedom, 2.5 years after the Emancipation Proclamation. Today we remember, we reflect, and we lift up the resilience and joy of Black Americans across nearly 250 years of struggle and triumph.

And TOMORROW, we celebrate together. 🎉

🎖️ Secretary of State and Lieutenant Governor Dr. Dale Caldwell will be marching with us.

💪🏾 Abundant resources on education, health, safety, and voting will be there!

Buffalo Soldiers MC • Concerned Black Nurses Association of Central NJ • League of Women Voters of Monmouth County • Liberty Park Community Garden • Mercy Center • MURC • Monmouth County Health Department • Neptune Public Library • Neptune Township Education Association • NJ Division of Civil Rights • Offices of Senator Vin Gopal and Assemblywomen Margie Donlon & Luanne Peterpaul • Project Heal

✨ Everyone is invited to march! Show off your Juneteenth outfits, your swag, your posters — and walk with us from Midtown Commons Park to Springwood Avenue Park, where the Asbury Park Juneteenth Celebration keeps the party going until 5 PM! 🎉

💃🏻🥁Parade steps off at 12:45 PM, Saturday June 20.

Two towns. One parade. One community. Who is walking with us? ❤️🖤💚

06/18/2026

📸 THROWBACK to last year’s Unity Parade! ✊🏾

From the reenactment regalia to the classic cars rolling from Midtown Commons Park to Springwood Park, Neptune showed up and showed OUT. This year we do it even bigger.

🗓 Saturday, June 20 | Midtown Commons Park | Block Party 11 AM–1 PM | Unity Parade 12:45 PM

Who is marching with us? Drop a ❤️🖤💚 below!

Parade photo credit: 📷 Gotpicz.net

06/16/2026

🔥 4 DAYS AWAY! Join us at Neptune’s Juneteenth Block Party!

🎵 DJ Bundie The Track Slayer spinning all day

🥊 Rock Solid training kickboxing demonstration — with a few moves for YOU to try!

📚 Children’s story time — a special Juneteenth read-aloud

🚗 Classic car display by the Unique ThirtyFive South Car Club

🎮 Outdoor games and PRIZES 🏆 — the raffle includes a Nelson Realtors gift basket!

🍽 FREE refreshments

🚩 FREE Juneteenth hand flags — while supplies last!

📍 Midtown Commons Park (W. Lake Ave & Hwy 35, Neptune)

🕛 11 AM–1 PM, Saturday June 20 — right after the 10 AM flag raising and classic car procession!

Tag someone you are bringing! 👇🏾

06/15/2026

💥 Three dates. One truth.

❌ July 4th, 1776 — Independence was declared, but not for all.

❌ January 1st, 1863 — The Emancipation Proclamation was issued, but word did not reach everyone.

✅ June 19th, 1865 — Enslaved people in Galveston, Texas finally learned they were free — 2½ years after the Emancipation Proclamation.

👉🏾 Juneteenth marks the day word of freedom reached the last enslaved people in the Confederacy.

👉🏾 Slavery’s final, nationwide end came months later, with the ratification of the 13th Amendment on December 6, 1865.

👉🏾 Together, these days tell the full story of freedom — and that is why we celebrate.

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06/14/2026

🚩 Do you know what the Juneteenth flag means?

⭐ STAR represents freedom for every Black American in every state — and pays homage to the Lone Star of Texas, where the last enslaved people were freed.
💥 BURST surrounding the star symbolizes a new beginning for all.
🌅 ARC represents a new horizon of opportunities for Black Americans.

ONLY 6 DAYS until Saturday, June 20 at 10 AM, when we raise this flag together at the Neptune Municipal Building (25 Neptune Blvd). Be there as it rises. 🙌🏾

06/13/2026

🎉 SAVE THE DATE! Neptune Township's 6th Annual Juneteenth Celebration is Saturday, June 20, 2026 — and you are invited!

🇺🇸 10 AM — Juneteenth flag raising at the Neptune Municipal Building (25 Neptune Blvd) with Congressman Frank Pallone Jr.

🚗 Classic car procession down West Lake Avenue with the Unique 35 Car Club

🎊 11 AM–1 PM — Block Party at Midtown Commons Park (W. Lake Ave at Hwy 35)

🥁 12:45 PM — Unity Parade with Secretary of State Lieutenant Governor Dr. Dale Caldwell to Springwood Avenue Park, where the Asbury Park Juneteenth Celebration continues until 5 PM!

Music, games, prizes, free refreshments, and community resources — all FREE, all welcome. Mark your calendars and bring the whole family! ❤️🖤💚

02/13/2026

🎶 Are you READY? Let Lizzo guide you (with a slight mod)
Am I ready? (Know there ain't a doubt)
Am I ready? (What you talkin' 'bout?)
Am I ready (You gon' figure it out)
To be celebrated, to be celebrated?
Am I ready? (You deserve it now)
'Cause I want it (That's what I'm talkin' about)
Am I ready (You gon' figure it out)

👏🏾ONE day left until the Expressions of Freedom Celebration!

✅Register now and avoid the lines at the door...
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/expressions-of-black-freedom-registration-1977441356328

👏🏾👏🏾👏🏿THIS SATURDAY!!! Join us for a spectacular celebration of Black History!!!🏃🏾‍♂️🏃🏾‍♀️🏃🏿See ya there!
02/10/2026

👏🏾👏🏾👏🏿THIS SATURDAY!!! Join us for a spectacular celebration of Black History!!!
🏃🏾‍♂️🏃🏾‍♀️🏃🏿See ya there!

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25 Neptune Boulevard
Neptune, NJ
07753

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