6th Annual 4th of July Declaration of Independence Recitation

Announcing the Friends of the 1836 Meeting House 6th annual Fourth of July Declaration of Independence Recitation Event. This family friendly event will take place on Friday, July 4th at the North Andover Common starting at 11:00am.  Our program includes State Senators Bruce Tarr and Barry Finegold with State Representative Tram Nguyen reading the Declaration of Independence.  Local activists and leaders will read other historic speeches.  Students from the Civics in Action class taught by Patrick McGravey from NAMS will read the Bill of Rights and provide brief summaries of each right.  This year our guests will hear segments from the William Jennings Bryan speech Imperialism, Frederick Douglass speech The Meaning of July Fourth for the Negro, Martin Luther King’s I Have a Dream speech.  Also, local musicians will perform several songs relevant to our readings including I Hear Them All/This Land is Your Land original medley by Rockwood Taylor and an original song entitled United in America, written and performed by the Choral Majority. Joanna Kerr, Director of the North Andover Historical Society will narrate the program.