What Exactly Is Juneteenth and Why Do We Celebrate It? Juneteenth, also known as “Freedom Day,” “Jubilee Day,” or “Black Fourth of July”, commemorates June 19, 1865. President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863; it was intended, to free all the slaves. Texas was the most remote of the slave states,…
The Eddie Mae Herron Center’s Annual Hog Butchering will take place Saturday, February 8th beginning at 8am at the Center at 1708 Archer Street in Pocahontas, AR. Every year, the Eddie Mae Herron Center holds a “Hog Butchering Demonstration” for the community. Afterwards, we’ll all have lunch together with some of the fresh meat. Those of…
The Eddie Mae Herron Center/Museum will host its annual Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday Celebration Walk Monday January 20, 2020 10:00am – 1:00pm We will meet up at the Randolph County Courthouse, on the Marr Street side at 10:00am. From there, we will walk to the Eddie Mae Herron Center on Archer Street. At the…
Sunday – December 8, 2019 2:00pm – 4:00pm Join us for Eddie Mae Herron Center’s Annual Christmas Open House. There will be singing, food, fun and door prizes. Family pictures with Santa Claus! ALL ARE WELCOME This year we are sponsoring the Randolph County Foster Child Donation…