Historic Fort Snelling Juneteenth Tours – St. Paul, MN

Juneteenth Tours

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Join us to celebrate Juneteenth with a tour focusing on African American history at the fort

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Minnesota Historical Society: Learn about the early Black communities, free and enslaved, in what would become the state of Minnesota, and about the African Americans newly arriving during the Civil War. Famously, Dred and Harriet Scott lived at Fort Snelling as enslaved people before suing for freedom. After the Civil War, Black regulars of the 25th US Infantry—“Buffalo Soldiers”—were stationed at the fort prior to departing on their nearly 2000-mile bicycle experiment, and many went on to make the Twin Cities home after their service in the Army.