This event begins at 9 am with an official flag raising in City Hall Plaza. At 9:30 am a parade steps off with a route from Tremont, Bromfield, Washington, to Court St. The parade halts at 9:45 am at the Old Granary Burial Ground to place wreaths on the graves of John Hancock, Samuel Adams, Peter Faneuil, and Robert Paine. Festivities conclude with a 10 am reading of the Declaration of Independence in front of the Old State House. - Alotta, 05/16/2005
