Reading Frederick Douglass Together at Aptucxet

The Bourne Historical Society is set to host a special Juneteenth event titled “Reading Frederick Douglass Together at Aptucxet” on June 19 from 5 PM to 7:30 PM. This gathering, held at the Aptucxet Trading Post Museum in Bourne Village along the Cape Cod Canal, will feature a communal reading and discussion of Frederick Douglass’s powerful 1852 speech, “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July.” The event celebrates Juneteenth, now recognized as Juneteenth National Independence Day, a federal holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the United States. Made possible by a grant from Mass Humanities, funded by the Mass Cultural Council, and co-sponsored by the Bourne-Wareham Race Amity Group and the Jonathan Bourne Public Library, this event aims to honor Douglass’s legacy as a prominent abolitionist and civil rights leader. In case of rain, the event will be moved to the Bourne Methodist Church Crane Hall at 37 Sandwich Road.

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