At Mount Vernon’s Family Days for Juneteenth, June 19-20, 2026, learn about Ona Judge, Peter Hardiman, Hercules Posey, and Mount Vernon’s many enslaved people who resisted enslavement and sought freedom before the Emancipation Proclamation.

Discover how enslaved men and women at Mount Vernon defined their agency and the legacies they left behind. View a map of the estate to explore all of the day’s activities. Plus, visit the Family Hub on the bowling green to learn about the lives of enslaved people at Mount Vernon and what emancipation and resistance meant in 18th-century Virginia.

Additionally, guests will enjoy live music, watch a demonstration, go on a tour, witness a special commemoration ceremony, and more. Click here for a full schedule of Family Days activities.

Pre-registration is required (link below).