The Buffalo Soldiers National Museum invites you to celebrate Juneteenth Saturday, June 18 from noon until 4:00 pm. Bring the family and celebrate Juneteenth with us! The Museum will open at 10:00 AM, and the Celebration begins at noon. Enjoy a live art session with artist Lauren Luna, tours, Living History Tours, a live DJ, food truck and a cash bar.

Lauren Luna is an art professor at Lone Star and San Jacinto Colleges and is Co-President of the D.R.E.A.M. Affect Foundation. She is a frequent participant at local art festivals, has a mural at the George R. Brown Convention Center, and was recently the subject of a proclamation by the Mayor of the City of Houston that July 11 was Lauren Luna Day!

African Americans have served proudly in every great American war. In 1866, through an act of Congress, legislation was adopted to create six all African American Army Units. The units were identified as the 9th and 10th cavalry and the 38th, 39, 40th and 41st infantry regiments. The four infantry regiments were later reorganized to form the 24th and 25th infantry regiments. These fighting men represented the first Black professional soldiers in a peacetime army. The recruits came from varied background including former slaves and veterans from service in the Civil War.

The Buffalo Soldiers National Museum (BSNM) exists to tell the real unapologetic truth of the sacrifices that African Americans made to build the United States of America. CEO Desmond Bertrand-Pitts states that, “Juneteenth is important to the fabric of Houston, of the south, of this country, it is true that it is a ‘new’ holiday but for as long as I can remember we have celebrated this day of freedom for people of color. Here at the BSNM we aspire to continue sharing the stories that shape the narrative of American history.”