Since 2017, the Black Heritage Trail of New Hampshire (BHTNH) established a successful tradition of hosting an annual public reading of Frederick Douglass’s famous speech, “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July.”  The goal of this reading is to create dialogue on the meaning of the July 4th holiday, what it meant to the enslaved people then, and what it means to us today. The event has spread to 13 communities.

On Friday, July 1 at 12 PM Dover Public Library will be hosting Dover's Frederick Douglass Community Read. The reading will take place on the library's lawn. In case of rain, it will be moved to the Lecture Hall.

If you are interested in being a reader, please visit tinyurl.com/DoverFDRead to sign up.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Aimee at a.lockhardt@dover.nh.gov.