Anniversary Day for Teens!
It’s Anniversary Day celebration for teens! You DON’T want to miss this!
Contact:
Tim Hepburn
917-620-6118
A Brief History of Anniversary Day
· April 8, 1816: The Brooklyn Sunday School Union is organized
· 1829: Rally Day parades are first held in Brooklyn
· 1861: NY State Legislature authorizes Anniversary Day as a school holiday in Brooklyn to celebrate the 32nd Anniversary of the Sunday School Union parades (tens of thousands of children march in parades annually)
· 1958: Name changed to Brooklyn-Queens Day because of the number of families who have moved from Brooklyn to Queens·
-1959: NY State Legislature (with advocacy by the Queens Federation of Churches) passes the law authorizing Brooklyn and Queens public schools to remain closed on Anniversary Day
–1970’s-2005: Influenced by changing cultural, family & church dynamics, Anniversary Day atrophies as a viable city-impacitng celebration
· 2005: United Federation of Teachers negotiates the day off for all NYC students
· 2006 forward: Students in all 5 boroughs get Anniversary Day off from school while teachers are in school as a “development day”.
Date
- Jun 07 2018
- Expired!
Time
- 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Labels
- Community Festival
Location
- 138-23 Brookville Blvd, Rosedale, NY 11422, USA
Organizer
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Parkway Baptist Church
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Phone
917-620-6118