Media Note: View this release online at http://asunews.astate.edu/AfAmHeritageCelLakeport09.htm.
Lakeport Plantation will host an African American heritage reunion celebration Friday-Sunday, July 3-5, at Lakeport Plantation, Lake Village, Ark. The event is sponsored by the Lakeport Cemetery Preservation Project, Inc. and ASU-Jonesboro. Activities will begin with a registration and meet-and-greet at the Mt. Pleasant Church cafeteria from 5-7 p.m. on Friday, June 3. The reunion celebration encompasses Lakeport, Ford, Redleaf, and other surrounding communities.
Star), and “the Big House” will take place from 1:30-4 p.m. At 5:30-7:30 p.m., African American music and celebrations will be featured, including God’s Network, a Jump the Broom wedding ceremony, and a combination fireworks show, reception, and party.
Sunday, July 5, will feature a sunrise church service and closing ceremonies from 7:30-8:30 a.m., and a continental breakfast at 8:30-9:30 a.m.
For more information, contact Aketa Guillory, (870) 273-6589, visit the website Memories of Lakeport, see or print a copy of the Lakeport heritage celebration brochure, or view a map of Lakeport and its environs. In Lake Village, contact Alice Rogers-Johnson, (870) 918-0139. Lakeport Plantation is an Arkansas State University Heritage SITE. Visit the Lakeport Plantation blogspot (http://lakeportplantation.blogspot.com/2009/05/lakeport-cemetery-preservation.html) for information and photographs.
