Frederick Douglass 205th Birthday Celebration
Avalon Theatre 40 E Dover St, Easton, Maryland 21601
Maryland Governor, Larry Hogan declared 2018 the year of Douglass. Since then, Frederick Augustus Bailey Douglass has been celebrated every year. Douglass was born on Maryland's Eastern Shore. His actual birth date is unknown, and he chose to celebrate it on February 14th later in life. It is in Easton, Maryland where the Operation Frederick Douglass On The Hill will remember, honor and celebrate the 205th anniversary of Douglass's birth on February 18, 2023, at this ticketed event.
This fundraiser event will include performances by Phil Darius Wallace and Millicent Sparks at the Avalon Theatre at 6:00 p. m. located at 40 E. Dover Street, Easton, MD 21601. Immediately following the show will be an unveiling of an 8-foot-tall Portrait of Frederick Douglass by an Oscar Award Winning Artist, along with refreshments and dinner at the Waterfowl Building located at 40 S. Harrison Street Easton, MD 21601.
Come and join the Douglass and Bailey families for a night of history and entertainment in historic Easton and the Hill Community to Celebrate the Life of Frederick Douglass during the week of his birth and death.
Imagine being a fly on the wall as Frederick Douglass and Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. discuss integration.
What about Douglass speaking with Minister Malcolm X?
You don’t want to miss this a very special show in honor of the 205th Birthday of the great abolitionist.