As expected, you wouldn’t think that a group of Caribbeans would be exposed to the elements of Mother Nature (in this case it was the cold) and carry out the entire ceremony of hoisting their flag on the pole adjacent to the Robert Frost fountain in the Campagnone Common.
For that reason, Dominicans gathered in the warmth of City Hall to celebrate 175 years of independence of their country, together with Carmen Milagros Almonte, Consul General of the Dominican Republic in Boston, who was the keynote speaker at the event held on Saturday, February 2, 2019.