As the above article from the Challenger shows, we are getting closer to getting the Park’s name changed to Freedom Park. There is a meeting on Tuesday, September 26th and you are invited to show your support of Freedom Park as the new identity. If you can’t attend, send your common council representatives an email…
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Make Broderick Park into Freedom Park
On Tuesday, September 26th, the Buffalo Common Council will take up discussion on changing the name of Broderick Park to Freedom Park. The new name will be a great way to honor the Park’s history and bring all people together along the water, paying homage to the ancestors and charting a brighter future. While there…
Your Voice is needed!
Good Monday Morning , Your voice is needed! On Tuesday, September 26th, at 2pm the Buffalo Common Council will again look at the request to change the name of Broderick Park to Freedom Park. The Board of Directors of Friends of Broderick Park requested this change to better represent the park’s history. Many people, organizations,…
Buffalo Common Councilman drafts resolution for park name change
https://www.audacy.com/wben/news/local/rivera-pleasantly-surprised-in-broderick-familys-support-of-parks-renaming Buffalo Common Councilman David Rivera has his office drafting a resolution to rename Broderick Park to Freedom Park. Click on the link to learn more,
Broderick Family members support the initative to change Broderick Park to Freedom Park
The campaign to change the name of the park to Freedom Park got an important endorsement from the Broderick Family. To read more about it, click on the link below. The Buffalo Common Council will discuss the matter at an upcoming meeting. https://www.audacy.com/wben/news/local/broderick-family-supports-initiative-to-rename-broderick-park-to-freedom-park Photo from WBEN
An Amazing Season in the Sun
It might be a little quiet now, but for the summer weeks, the amphitheater in Broderick Park was the place to be revive your soul, free your spirit and heal by the water with friends. We welcomed a wide array of performers who filled the theater. We hosted a great collection of food vendors who…
The Beating of the Drums
The 2023 season of Healing By the Water concluded on Thursday evening with the Beating of the Drums. It was an evening full of rhythms, song and spoken word honoring the ancestors. The powerful evening of unity ended with a candle light vigil at the former departure site where many attempted the escape from the…
Healing By The Water, Season Finale
If you missed the Caribbean Extravaganza Band last week, you missed out on a joyful time. There is one more evening to close the 2023 season of Healing By The Water. We are gathering to honor the ancestors at Broderick Park with the Beating of the Drums. We are asking all to dress in white…
A New Name for Broderick Park
The Friends of Broderick Park are working with the City of Buffalo to rename the park Freedom Park. That new name would better reflect the park’s history and heritage as it was the point many used to escape slavery and find freedom in Canada. Ancestors risked everything to be free. To see a little more…
Caribbean Night at Healing By The Water
Summer may be starting to wind down, but the sun hasn’t set on the music at Broderick Park. The second to last Healing By the Water celebration is Thursday night, August 31st and will have a Caribbean feel. The Caribbean Band will give the park at great tropical soundtrack. Join them and our great array…