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249th Celebration of all Things S-cuk Son/Tucson
August 17 @ 6:00 pm – 10:00 pm MST
by Carolyn Classen, blogger
249th Celebration of All Things S-cuk Son/Tucson AUGUST 17, 6:15-10 pm FREE Presented by the Tucson-Pima County Historical Commission and hosted at the Presidio Museum. This event is an annual tradition that celebrates the official founding of modern-day Tucson and our rich culture and heritage. Headliner: Kevin Pakulis and Band.
Headliner: Kevin Pakulis and Band
Food Heroes Awards Presented by Tucson City of Gastronomy
Yaqui deer dancers from the Old Pascua Community
Fry Bread for Sale – Presidio Garrison Musket Demonstration
Community Partners Include:
Archaeology Southwest
Borderland Community Alliance
Buffalo Soldiers: Southern Arizona Chapter
Jewish History Museum
Lohse Family YMCA
Mexican-American Heritage and History Museum
Old Pueblo Archaeology
Southern Arizona Transportation Museum
Carolyn’s note: This used to be the Tucson Birthday celebration till it became politically incorrect. Usually the Tucson Chinese Cultural Center (of which I am a member) participates too, with their Lion Dance. The Chinese were early settlers as well, with Chinese laborers on the SW train building and then laundries & grocery stores.