First Flag Raising in Somerville
| Hours: | 11:30 to 12:30 |
| Ages: | Toddlers, Kids, Teens, Adults |
| In/Outdoor: | Outdoor |
| Cost: | Free |
| Category: | Parades |
Beginning Friday, January 1, a pre-recorded ceremony will be available on the City’s YouTube channel below. The broadcast will include many of the usual historical figures from prior programs, plus some new and engaging youth!
To make it feel, however, as more of a community gathering, we’re encouraging all to mark their calendars and watch it together at the usual time, noon on Friday.
If you’re not able to watch it at noon on New Year’s Day, know that the program will also be available afterwards on the video section of the Historic Preservation Commission’s website www.somervillema.gov/departments/ospcd/historic-events-and-education As they would have said in Colonial times “Huzzah Somerville!”
===Past Year's Info - Pre-COVID===
Every New Year’s Day the city of Somerville commemorates an important moment of the American Revolution; The First Flag Raising.
The event reenacts the one that took place on Prospect Hill on January 1, 1776.
General Washington raised a new American flag on that day over the highest point in the land, Prospect Hill in Somerville.
The event starts at Somerville City Hall and proceeds to Prospect Hill.
Numerous city officials, the Ancient & Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts based out of Faneuil Hall (Boston), and re-enactors participate in the ceremony and parade.
Indoor/Outdoor: Outdoor
Start Location: City Hall Concourse – 93 Highland Ave.
Somerville, MA 02143
End Location: Prospect Hill Somerville, MA Parking: Public Lots & On Street Parking
| WEBSITE | ↑ top |
www.somervillema.gov/news/somerville%E2%80%99s-first-flag-raising-celebration-going-virtual-2021
| LOCATION | ↑ top |
Prospect Hill, Somerville, MA, 02143 map
Public Transportation: Bus 90 Davis Sq
Directions Hwy Exit: RT 93 to Fellsway Exit
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