Join our celebration of democracy by attending the 6th Annual 4th of July Declaration of Independence Recitation Event on the North Andover Common. In addition to the D of I reading by Rep Tram Nguyen and Sen Barry Finegold, this year’s highlights will include the NAMS Civics in Action class summary of the Bill of Rights, segments of William Jennings Bryan speech Imperialism, Frederick Douglass speech The Meaning of July Fourth for the Negro, and Martin Luther King’s I Have a Dream speech.  The speeches will be read by Judy Eskin, co-leader of Greater Andover Indivisible, Pastor Lyndon Myers from Andover Baptist Church and Ralph Bledsoe from the North Andover African American History Committee.

This free family friendly event will take place on Friday, July 4th at the North Andover Common starting at 11:00am.   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.

If there is rain, the event will be held in the Meeting House

at North Parish Church on the Common.