Annual Frederick Douglass Day Celebration in Poughkeepsie

Come and celebrate, honor and revitalize the words of Frederick Douglass at College Hill Park with an afternoon full of art, music and dancing. Listen to readings of the immortal and impactful words Douglass spoke to an audience of several thousand people in Poughkeepsie on Aug. 2, 1858. To learn more about this event and the work being done by the Poughkeepsie-based organization Celebrating the African Spirit, click here.