QCT Charlotte Pilgrimage Tour^sm Juneteenth 2025
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On August 20, 1998, the Interfaith Pilgrimage 🚶‍♂️🚶‍♀️ made a significant stop through Charlotte as part of their profound journey from Boston to West Africa. The Pilgrims retraced the Middle Passage slave trade routes 🌍, praying for racial healing 🕊️ and atonement for the past institution of Slavery in the United States, South America, and Europe. While in Charlotte, they experienced a customized Black Heritage Tour^sm of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County. The tour included visits to a former Slave church 🏚️ and three existing Slave cemeteries ⚰️.

Each year, Queen City Tours^® and Travel invites you to experience the re-creation of this special Charlotte Black Heritage Tour^sm and Pilgrimage during the months of February - Black History Month 📅, and June - Juneteenth 🎉 for individual public tours. Explore three historic Slave cemeteries, a former Slave church, and over 50 other significant sites of Charlotte Black/African-American history. Tours are scheduled daily in February and June at 10:00 AM and 1:30 PM ⏰. Each tour lasts three hours and departs from the 7^th Street Public Market in Uptown Charlotte 🏙️, conveniently located next to the Lynx Blue Line Light Rail Station 🚉. Take advantage of the Light Rail from one of their FREE parking lots 🅿️ south and north of Uptown/Downtown/Center City and SAVE!

This event supports the Pilgrimage Scholarship 🎓 established in 2008 in honor of the late Pastor Jeff Lowrance of Hopewell Presbyterian Church and Civil Rights Hero Dr. Reginald Armistice Hawkins. Annually, a college student studying African-American history is awarded this scholarship and is required to maintain at least a 3.0 GPA.

Can't attend? You can still support by purchasing a digital copy of our Annual Pilgrimage Tour 📱, now available via download. Consider purchasing a seat for underprivileged youth 🧒👦 and donating your seat(s). To purchase your donated seat(s) for the 27^th Annual QCT Charlotte Pilgrimage Tour℠, visit our site and indicate your preference in the notes to seller section. Your name will be honored on our website as a donor, and we greatly appreciate your gift of knowledge!