Grand Union Flag Raising – First Flag Raising

When:
Friday, Jan 01, 2021 11:30a -
12:30p

Where:
Online event
93 Highland Ave.
Somerville, MA 02143

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Admission:
FREE

Categories:
Kid Friendly, Meetup, Performing Arts, Social Good, Virtual & Streaming

Event website:
https://www.somervillema.gov/news/somerville%E2%80%99s-first-flag-raising-celebration-going-virtual-2021

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.


This year, instead of gathering on Prospect Hill on New Year’s Day to reenact the raising of the Grand Union Flag (considered to be the first flag of the nation), you can tune in to a virtual celebration of this historical event. Beginning Friday, January 1, a pre-recorded ceremony will air on City Cable (RCN channel 13 and Comcast channel 22) and the City’s YouTube channel, www.youtube.com/SomervilleCityTV.

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