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(2,753 posts) Tue Jul 2, 2019, 10:33 AM Jul 2019

No Trump or Tanks in Boston - America's First Youth Poet Laureate To Join Boston Pops July 4th

There's another act joining the July 4 Boston Pops extravaganza Thursday, Keith Lockhart conductor of the Boston Pops announced Tuesday at a press conference. The country's first youth poet laureate will be taking the stage alongside headlining performers Queen Latifa and Arlo Guthrie.

She will narrate her own poem; "Believers Hymn of the Republic," accompanied by the Boston Pops playing the "Battle Hymn of the Republic."

https://patch.com/massachusetts/boston/americas-first-youth-poet-laureate-join-july-4-pops-event

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http://bostonpopsjuly4th.org/