JUDGE EDDIE HARRISON MEMORIAL ON SATURDAY AT JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION

  

The life and legacy of a community leader will be recognized this weekend at the Juneteenth Celebration at Washington-on-the-Brazos.

The First Annual Judge Eddie E. Harrison Memorial will be held tomorrow (Saturday) morning at 10am. It will feature presentations by his family, and the Mount Rose Male Chorus.

Harrison passed away on November 6, 2020. He was a retired Colonel that spent 34 years in the United States Army.  Afterwards, Harrison spent 16 years serving as a City of Brenham Municipal Court Judge.

Harrison was also a former Washington County Chamber of Commerce Man of the Year, a member of the Brenham Activist Association, a chairman of the Washington County Community Development Credit Union, a board member for the Texas Center for African American Living History, and a member of the Buffalo Soldiers National Museum in Houston.

He was also a key member in creating the Juneteenth Celebration at Washington-on-the-Brazos back in 2017. In addition to the memorial service, there is going to be an exhibit commemorating Harrison at the event.

The memorial will be followed by a genealogical workshop from the Willie Lee Gay H-Town Chapter of the Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society at 11:30am. The workshop features presentations by Brandi Waller-Pace with Decolonizing the Music Room and Myeshia Babers of Texas A&M.

Tomorrow’s (Saturday’s) Juneteenth Celebration at Washington-on-the-Brazos also includes food and craft vendors, noted African American authors, a temporary gallery from the Johnnie Swearingen Collection, and informational booths from many organizations, museums, and businesses across the Brazos Valley.

The day concludes with performances by the Fantasy Band and the Brown Sugar Band at 1pm.