What to the Slave is the Fourth of July

In collaboration with the Somerville Museum and the Department of Racial and Social Justice, the evening will begin with a public reading of Frederick Douglass’s historic speech, “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?”

Please join us for our annual public Reading of Frederick Douglass with our event scholar and musician John Hughes. Stay for a conversation afterwards.

5:30–6:30 PM at the corner of Cedar and Broadway

You may sign up as a reader when you arrive or register with your ticket.

Persons with disabilities who need auxiliary aids and services for effective communication (i.e., CART, ASL), written materials in alternative formats, or reasonable modifications in policies and procedures to access the programs, activities, and meetings of the City of Somerville should please contact Adrienne Pomeroy in advance at 617-625-6600 x 2059 or .

The City of Somerville can provide you with an interpreter in your language for free. To request an interpreter, please contact us at or call 311 (617-666-3311) at least 7 days in advance of these events.

Somerville Arts Council Fireworks Information

The following link provides information on road closures that will affect traffic into the area prior to the event. We suggest that this also be included in the Eventbrite.

Fireworks Celebration – Somerville Arts Council

link to road closures: https://somervilleartscouncil.org/fireworks/

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