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Speakers point to Brockton landmarks tied to Frederick Douglass
Summary
Event organizers and readers highlighted local sites — the Liberty Tree, Bennett’s Farm and a bust on Frederick Douglass Street — as part of a community effort to keep Douglass’s local history visible.
Organizers urged attendees to visit nearby landmarks that connect Brockton to Frederick Douglass’s life and to the region’s abolitionist history. The Moderator described a sapling of the original Liberty Tree and a bust of Douglass on Frederick Douglass Street as visible reminders of that history.
"Right down the street...is the Liberty Tree where it was a stop on the Underground Railroad...So if you come up Frederick Douglass, you'll see there's a bust there of him," the Moderator said, inviting attendees to consider the local landscape as part of civic memory.
