First Night Jubilee Concert

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Hours:	1:00PM-1:45PM & 2:00PM-2:45PM
Ages:	Kids, Teens, Adults
In/Outdoor:	Indoor
Cost:	$ see below
Category:	Arts & Culture

Ring in the New Year with a special concert from the acclaimed Handel and Haydn Society at the historic African Meeting House, sponsored by the Museum of African American History.

On New Year's Day in 1863, Frederick Douglass said that he 'finally knew joy!' Join the Museum of African American History and the Handel and Haydn Society at the historic African Meeting House, the nexus of the abolitionist movement, to commemorate President Abraham Lincoln's signing of the Emancipation Proclamation 152 years ago on that day as well as the forthcoming 150th anniversary of the end of the Civil War in 1865.

The co-hosts collaborate for their third First Night Jubilee Day Concert with music by H+H and stories by MAAH, while also celebrating the bicentennial of H+H, America's oldest continuously performing arts organization.

Discover the role of Boston's black and white abolitionists that led to Lincoln's historic proclamation, and the part H+H played during Jubilee Celebrations on January 1, 1863.

Let this music in celebration of freedom inspire you, including the Battle Hymn of the Republic, written by H+H member Julia Ward Howe.

Feel the anticipation that was palpable awaiting the Emancipation Proclamation at a time when the nation was in the midst of the Civil War.

Visit maah.org or handelandhaydn.org for more information.

COST

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General Admission: $5.00Youth 13-17yrs & Seniors 62+: $3.00First 50 First Night Button Holders per performance: FreeMAAH Members & Children 12yrs & under: Free

WEBSITE

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LOCATION

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46 Joy Street, Boston, MA, 02114 map
Phone: 617-725-0022, ex