Free "Liberty" Concert at Providence's First Baptist Church on October 25 Caps Rhode Island 250 Commemorations
A free "Liberty" concert presented by Stages of Freedom will be performed at 4 p.m. on Sunday, October 25, at the First Baptist Church in America in Providence, Rhode Island. Sponsored by the Rhode Island 250th Anniversary Commission and the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts, the concert is a capstone event of the RI250 commemorations.
Under the themes of slavery, resistance, and liberation, the program looks back at Rhode Island's role in the Atlantic slave trade and honors Black soldiers of the Revolutionary War. Choirs from Schiller College in New York and Boston will sing African American spirituals from the Revolutionary era, and the program includes the premiere of a song dedicated to Black Loyalist Aaron Briggs. Secretary of State Gregg Amore and Ray Rickman are expected to attend.
Source: GSM·USA
Source: GSM · USA (original Chinese edition)
Photo: 普罗维登斯美国第一浸信会教堂。图片：CC BY-SA 4.0，取自维基共享资源。
