Frederick Douglass's Fourth of July Speech at Rokeby Museum

Past event
Jul 3, 2016, 3 to 4 PM

Join us at Rokeby Museum on Sunday, July 3rd at 3 pm, for a reading of Frederick Douglass's powerful oration, "What to the Slave is the 4th of July?". Given by Douglass on July 5, 1852, it called attention to the unfulfilled promise of equal liberty for all as stated in the Declaration of Independence. For more information and museum hours, visit our website at rokeby.org This free event is sponsored by the Vermont Humanities Council.

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