Juneteenth Celebrations with Scotland Community

Start
June 15, 2024
End
June 19, 2024
Location
Several Bethesda, Rockville, and Cabin John locations

BFM supports the Scotland Community of Potomac and their Annual Scotland Juneteenth Heritage Festival that focuses on the celebration of the historic Black communities of Montgomery County. Spanning five days and 8 venues, the 2024 Festival will have 23 events across the County.

Many events will be all day on Wednesday, June 19, with activities such as a 5-K run, parade, children’s carnival, art and music exhibitions, food, sports, fireworks, and presentations on Black history in this region.
The activities will be held at several Bethesda, Rockville, and Cabin John locations. See more details at https://www.juneteenthscotland.org/schedule-of-events.
Sunday, June 16 at 10:00 a.m.: Join community members at the Interfaith Prayer Breakfast held at the Marriott Convention Center in Bethesda. Come, pray, eat, and enjoy the community fellowship. For details and to register, click here.

Founded in 1880 by William Dove, a formerly enslaved farm worker who was the first Black man to own land in Potomac, Scotland was once an enclave of more than 500 acres along Seven Locks Road. The community’s only remaining historic structure, the Scotland African Methodist Episcopal Zion church, is being repaired and expanded after a catastrophic flood in 2019. The building, which opened in 1924, has a planned reopening in early 2025. Today, the Scotland community consists of 100 townhouses on 10 acres on Scotland Drive, just off Seven Locks Road. Twenty-five of these homes are still owned by descendants of the original founders of the community.

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