6th Annual Gloucester Juneteenth Celebration

Schedule

Fri Jun 19 2026 at 09:00 am to 11:00 am

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Location

Gloucester City Hall | Gloucester, MA

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6th Annual Gloucester Juneteenth Celebration
Friday, June 19, 2026
9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Gloucester City Hall
9 Dale Avenue, Gloucester, MA 01930
Free and Open to the Public.
Join the Cape Ann Museum at Gloucester City Hall to celebrate Juneteenth, the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the ending of slavery in the United States.
9:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. Flag raising with comments from city officials and CAM staff outside City Hall.
9:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Community reading of Frederick Douglass’s "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?" Following the reading the public is invited to stay for a facilitated discussion to discuss the speech and their experience reading it. Kyrouz Auditorium, Gloucester City Hall
We hope that you can join us for this community gathering to reflect on important history and the work that still needs to be done.
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Gloucester City Hall, Gloucester,MA,United States

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