HOF Celebrates Juneteenth

Tours of the National Park Service Network to Freedom exhibit: “Freedom Seekers: the Odessa Story” will be offered free of charge; reservations are required.

Juneteenth: The End of Slavery in Delaware

Dating back to 1865, a full two and a half years after President Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation,  it was June 19th when the Union Army landed in Galveston, Texas and spread the news that the Civil War had ended and that the enslaved were now free.

In celebration of America’s newest national holiday tour the Historic Odessa Foundation’s National Park Service Network to Freedom exhibit: “Freedom Seekers: the Odessa Story” and afterwards have your silhouette cut in a method typical at the turn of the 18th and 19th centuries.

Discover how the camera obscura was used to create profile likenesses for posterity.  Silhouettes have been made in all forms of art across all cultures, times, and places.  Have your likeness preserved in a restored art form that predates the selfie.

Tours will leave from the Visitors Center:

• 12pm - Reservations available
• 1pm- Reservations available
• 2pm- Reservations available

Advanced reservations are required by Friday, June 14th.  Please contact Jennifer at 302-378-4119 or Jennifer.Cabell@historicodessa.org.