SPECIAL EVENTS
STRIKERS' MONUMENT COMMEMORATION
11:00AM
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OPENING CEREMONY
11:30AM - 12:00PM
With poetry by Wangeci Gitau
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FACE PAINTING BY T. MALONE
12:00PM - 4:00PM
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HISTORIC TROLLEY TOURS
Provided by Friends of Lawrence Heritage State Park
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Historic Trolley Tour (English): 12:00, 12:30, 1:00, 1:30, 4:00, 4:30
Historic Trolley Tour (Español): 2:00, 3:00
Mural Trolley Tour (bilingual Eng/Esp), 2:30, 3:30
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​HISTORIC WALKING TOURS
Provided by Friends of Lawrence Heritage State Park
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1:00pm Historic Walking Tour (English)
3:00pm Historic Walking Tour (English)
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HALL OF FAME AWARD
2:05PM - 2:20PM
Join us in honoring Sonia Terbullino as we present the 2025 Hall of Fame Award.
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FINALE PARADE WITH THE PARTY BAND
5:25PM - END
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This year, we’re going out with a bang and a brass section! Join us for the brand new Grand Finale Parade - an exciting new addition to a day of music, memories and so much more.
With blazing horns, booming drums, and empowering chants, The Party Band will help us turn the parade route into a moving celebration of solidarity. Whether you’re dancing as you walk, waving a sign you made at the Festival, or simply taking in the vibes, you’ll feel the pulse of collective joy and resistance.
This isn’t just a parade, it's a moving call to action.
A street party with a purpose.
A finale you’ll never forget.
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Special thank you to Friends of the Lawrence Heritage State Park, DCR, Elevated Thought, and Vibra Tours for making our Trolley and Walking Tours possible for this year's festival!
THANK YOU TO PATRICK GUERRERO FOR
BEING OUR EMCEE FOR THE DAY!
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THE ART OF RESISTANCE
ELEVATED THOUGHT
Through a new partnership with the Bread and Roses Heritage Festival, “The Art of Resistance” by Elevated Thought will host an interactive, intergenerational pop-up gallery, aligning with the festival’s themes for 2025 in order to engage the community in art, resistance, and collective reflection. The gallery will feature a walk-through timeline experience for attendees to gain context about the history and relevance of the 1912 strike that occurred in Lawrence, MA.
ACTIVITIES THROUGHOUT THE DAY
Protest Sign Making
Button-Making
Live Painter: Michael Terrell Aghahowa
Michael Terrell Aghahowa is a Lynn, Massachusetts-based painter and educator whose work moves between realism and abstraction like a memory half-remembered. With roots in cartooning and a foundation in illustration and fine art from Montserrat College of Art and MassArt, his paintings are rough, raw and human. Raised in a landscape of demolition and reconstruction, his paintings reflect this flux - layering memory, identity, and personal history with the broader weight of world events. Driven by a need to be seen, understood, and connected, Aghahowa weaves personal and global histories into visual form. His work has earned him recognition, including the Cultural Visionary Award from the Lynn Museum in 2020.