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  • History
    • The Rosenwald School
    • Samuel W Houston Museum
    • Kittrell-Wilson Cemetery
    • The Rosenwald Legacy
  • EARTH DAY FEST
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    • Storytelling
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"OLD SCHOOL" EARTH DAY MUSIC FESTIVAL on Saturday, April 22,

3-8pm  FREE ADMISSION...Family-friendly, with Vendors, Great Food, Picnic Areas, Throw-back music...EVERYONE IS WELCOME on the old Rosenwald School Grounds, 639 Rosenwall Road, Huntsville TX 77340.  Your attendance, referrals, volunteer and donations of any sort will help ensure the success of this celebration of life.

Click for Directions to 639 Rosenwall Rd., Huntsville TX 77340

Rosenwald Acres' EARTH DAY MUSIC FESTIVAL

Motown, Jazz, Blues and Country music in Huntsville on the old Rosenwald School Grounds!


An afternoon of "Old School Jams”--Motown, Soul, Vaudeville, Country and Jazz  in the Huntsville Woods  on Earth Day, April 22, 2023, from 3-8pm.   This free spring afternoon celebration of newly reclaimed historic land will feature live entertainment,  vendors, food trucks, artisans, entertainers  and storytellers. 


See the 2022 Earth Day at Rosenwald School Acres 

Photos by Photo-historian  ROY FONER :

https://lightroom.adobe.com/shares/e5e9e82975d541a58a3b22dfcdaa77f8


Featured article in the Huntsville Item, 4/25/22:

https://www.itemonline.com/news/earth-day-festival-at-rosenwald-celebrates-black-history-and-culture/article_47ac0a50-c4e5-11ec-946e-1b16cc878c45.html




A Free Live Music Concert on Huntsville Texas' 101 year old Rosenwald School Grounds!



 The property is being developed by a family of generational educators  to create an earth-friendly, conservational totally sustainable habitation on the 2 acres of Huntsville's   Rosenwald School grounds,   


LOCATION: Just 3 miles north of the new Huntsville Police station  at 639 Rosenwall Rd., Huntsville Texas, 77340. 


DIRECTIONS:

Take Highway 45 to  exit 118  turn east to TX-75.  Turn right onto TX-75 S...  Turn left onto FM 2821..... Past  the Wynne Prison  Unit and Turn left onto Rosenwall Rd between the new Huntsville Police Station and the prison.  Drive 4  miles north,.  The festival will be on the left, a few blocks past George Wilson Road (named after a Rosenwald alumnus). 


Honoring the Ancestors...

Community  Beneficiary:

 The Kittrell-Wilson Cemetery Restoration Fund 

This cemetery is where the bodies of the Rosenwald School founders and primary caregivers are buried. 50% of the Funds raised will help repair the overgrown 1/4 mile access trail  from Rosenwall Road to the Cemetery gate;  renovate the headstones and purchase headstones for folk who are missing a marker (Ironically,we discovered that  the school's founder, John Wesley Wilson, does not have a marker on his grave) .   The project  also helps repurpose the old Rosenwald School grounds for an earth-friendly, zero-emission, atmospheric water generated, solar-powered multigenerational family homestead!  

DIRECTIONS


Highway 45 to Exit 118.  Turn to 75 south and merge east to 2821

Turn left on Rosenwall Road (at the  new Huntsville Police Station)  and drive 4 miles north, to just past George Wilson Road, to Rosenwald Acres at 639 Rosenwall Road, Huntsville, TX 77040.


The festival will be on the left, 1 mile north of George Wilson Road (named after a Rosenwald alumnus and current resident of the Kittrell Wilson Cemetery). 


MAP LINK:

GET DRIVING DIRECTIONS TO ROSENWALD SCHOOL ACRES:

639 Rosenwall Rd Huntsville TX 77320-7427  https://www.google.com/maps/place/639+Rosenwall+Rd,+Huntsville,+TX+77320/@30.7884647,-95.6051262,15.68z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x8647a82d81cbf5bb:0x24d50f20da8106ef!8m2!3d30.7863909!4d-95.6010989

...with Community Enrichment!

Non-Profit Beneficiary:    

The Samuel Walker Museum and Cultural Center.   

NPO # 73-1720777     

1604 Tenth St Huntsville TX 77340


 25% of funds raised wil  go to this small African American Museum and Cultural Center of South Texas History and Culture.  The Museum is in the process of raising funds to rebuild on the original site of the Samuel W. Houston Industrial School  and Dormitories on Highway 30,  just west of downtown Huntsville TX.  


Samuel Walker Houston's  highway 30 school  location is also  the site of the state of Texas' first boarding school for African American Children.  Most of Prof. Houston's buildings were heavily supported  by the Julius Rosenwald 's Fund.


GO TO THE FESTIVAL PARTICIPATION PAGE

Can't make it in person on April 22?.... JOIN US VIA ZOOM /

FACEBOOK WILL BE ANNOUNCED, BUT THE ZOOM LINKS BELOW 

WILL GO LIVE at 3PM on  APRIL 22, 2023...

PRIMARY LINK...

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84660418331?pwd=L2wvRTB2MmsvbDdvWUdUWm5UcFRaQT09

 Meeting ID: 846 6041 8331         Passcode: Rosenwald

CLICK TO OPEN THE ABOVE ZOOM LINK...

Click the photo below to visit that Supporter's website.

PRIMARY EARTH DAY EVENT SPONSOR

    See You on Earth Day, 2023!

    Saturday, April 22, 2023 from 3-8pm is approaching fast.. We’re making preparations. Don’t miss out!

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    ROSENWALD ACRES THANKS AND HONORS OUR' 2022 SPONSORS AND SUPPORTERS: 

    H-E-B,  Gingartum Root Juice, Texas Coffee News, The Houston Sun, The Houston Informer Foundation, Dr. Winnie King, KCOH-AM, KHVL-104.9, Yummy Yummy Mongolian Grill, The Granary, ButlerWiseman, Sam’s Table Restaurant, American Flip Factory, MoShows.com, The Wiseman Company, Dr. & Mrs. KG Belle, Judith Groudine Finkel, Michelle Paschall, The Fusilier, Kittrell, Vann and Wilson Families ...& more...(as of April, 2022)

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    Copyright © 2021 The Wiseman Company for Rosenwald School Acres - All Rights Reserved. Information listed here is for historic, educational and entertainment purposes only. COMMENTS, HISTORICAL CORRECTIONS AND/OR  ADDITIONS ARE APPRECIATED.

      832-598-7469  |   rosenwaldacres@gmail.com  | www.rosenwaldAcres.com


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    • The Rosenwald Legacy
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    • Storytelling
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