Living History: Let’S Celebrate Pinkster and Pinkster Stroll

This Pinkster Stroll will feature a group of Black New Yorkers dressed in historically inspired garb walking from Dyckman Farmhouse Museum to the New York Historical in commemoration of enslaved and free Black people in 17th- and 18th-century Dutch New York who celebrated Pinkster, the oldest African American holiday. Join us at New-York Historical Society to welcome them into the building at the end of their long walk, and to discover how the Christian feast of Pentecost celebrated by the Dutch evolved into a Black American festival used by Black New Yorkers to gather with family and friends, and reconnect with their African cultures.  This program is a partnership between the New York Historical, Dyckman Farmhouse Museum, and Not Your Momma’s History. 2024 Pinkster Stroll Participants