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Hampton Juneteenth & VA250 Sail at Fort Monroe 2026
📍 Fort Monroe, 41 Bernard Rd, Hampton, VA 23651•📅 June 19, 2026
About This Event
Celebrate Juneteenth at Hampton's VA250 Sail at Fort Monroe on June 19, 2026, offering outstanding ship-watching opportunities from 9:00 AM to noon as tall ships make their way to harbor in full sail. The event combines Hampton's bicentennial America 250 commemoration with Juneteenth programming at the historic site where the first enslaved Africans arrived in 1619 and where Union forces declared escaping slaves "contraband of war" in 1861.
📅 When
June 19, 2026
📍 Where
Fort Monroe, 41 Bernard Rd, Hampton, VA 23651
Hampton, VA
💵 Price
Free
👤 Organizer
City of Hampton / VA250