BOSTON — Mayor Michelle Wu will raise the Somali flag above Boston City Hall Plaza Friday morning, marking the third straight year she has hosted the ceremony to mark Somalia's Independence Day.

The Mayor's Office has not yet posted the ceremony to the city's public events calendar. A second event — a Somali Independence Day celebration at Saint James Street Park in Roxbury — is scheduled for Wednesday, July 1.

The mayor has used the Somali ceremonies as a vehicle for confronting President Trump's second-term immigration agenda. At a December 2025 rally she declared solidarity with Somali residents "who are being targeted and denigrated by the federal government" and pledged Boston would "continue to set the example for the rest of the country."

Rep. Ayanna Pressley, who joined Wu at the December rally, has been even sharper: "No amount of hate from the occupant of the White House will change that."

If past ceremonies are any indication, Wu will address the crowd, repeat the solidarity language, and formally raise the Federal Republic of Somalia flag over City Hall Plaza alongside city officials, community leaders, and Somali families.