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Special Event
Event
Their Dreams, Their Rights, Their Love: Exploring Beacon Hill and Boston’s LGBTQ+ History
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Fee:
Free. Event is free but registration is required in advanceDates & Times
Date:
Wednesday, April 24, 2024
Time:
6:00 PM
Duration:
1 hour
Type of Event
Partner Program
Talk
Virtual/Digital
Description
Explore Beacon Hill and Downtown Boston by reconsidering sites and Bostonians through their significance to the LGBTQ+ community. From historic figures like abolitionist Senator Charles Sumner and Harlem Renaissance poet Angelina Weld Grimke, to sites like Faneuil Hall and the Charles Street Meetinghouse, learn more about how the LGBTQ+ community have lived, thrived, and fought for their rights.
This online program, co-presented by The National Park Service, will happen over Zoom webinar. We kindly request that people who are interested in attending please see the REGISTRATION REQUIRED box on this page for more information.
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