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Special Event
Event
Independence Day Celebration
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Fee:
Free.Dates & Times
Date:
Friday, July 4, 2025
Time:
10:30 AM
Duration:
1 hour and 45 minutes
Type of Event
Talk
Description
Our traditional Independence Day celebration, featuring a reading of the Declaration of Independence and tolling, 13 times, of the St. Paul’s colonial era church bell. There will also be music, refreshments and talks. Keynote speaker will be acclaimed author and journalist Ian Frazier, whose recent book “Paradise Bronx: The Life and Times of New York’s Greatest Borough” has been awarded the prestigious Gotham Book Prize.