Celebrate Independence at Fort Delaware
Narrowsburg, NY – The celebration of American independence is so monumental for Fort Delaware Museum of Colonial History in Narrowsburg that it couldn’t possibly be confined to just one day!
This year, Fort Delaware will offer special programming on three different days to mark the Independence Day holiday.
- Continuing the Bold Gold Media Speaker Series, on Saturday, July 6, performance artist Oliver King will deliver the impassioned Frederick Douglass speech, “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?” in which Douglass praises the Founding Fathers and their creation of the greatest nation on earth, but then admonishes, “The blessings in which you, this day, rejoice, are not enjoyed in common. The rich inheritance of justice, liberty, prosperity and independence, bequeathed by your fathers, is shared by you, not by me. The sunlight that brought life and healing to you, has brought stripes and death to me. This Fourth July is yours, not mine. You may rejoice, I must mourn.” The program starts at 3 p.m. and is included in the price of admission to the Fort.
Fort Delaware Museum of Colonial History is located on the Upper Delaware Scenic Byway at 6615 Route 97 in Narrowsburg, NY. The Fort is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays in June, September and October and Thursday thru Sunday in July and August.
For more information about the Fort and a schedule of special events, visit The Delaware Company’s website, www.thedelawarecompany.org or The Delaware Company’s Facebook page.