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GALLERY: The 34th Boston Freedom Rally returns to Boston Common

By Andrew Burke-Stevenson • September 21, 2023

The Boston Freedom Rally, also known as Hempfest, hosted weed-related vendors and speakers in Boston Common on Sept. 17, 2023.

Vendors at the Boston Freedom Rally. ANDREW BURKE-STEVENSON/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

A Boston police officer looks around Hempfest and converses with vendors. ANDREW BURKE-STEVENSON/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Henry Hollingsworth checks out a bud of weed. ANDREW BURKE-STEVENSON/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

A vendor selling pipes blasts messages promoting their buy one, get one deal. ANDREW BURKE-STEVENSON/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Weed from Cryptxotic smoke shop, a vendor at Hempfest. ANDREW BURKE-STEVENSON/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Joey Bromley takes a hit from a bong measuring around three feet. His close friend Robert Heney (not pictured) bought it at the festival for a discounted $125 instead of the $350 sticker price. ANDREW BURKE-STEVENSON/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

An attendee brings the “Cloud Cannon,” a battery-powered device designed to pump out weed smoke, into a tent. ANDREW BURKE-STEVENSON/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Smoke rises from below the tent while three people blast weed from the “Cloud Cannon” inside. ANDREW BURKE-STEVENSON/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

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GALLERY: The 34th Boston Freedom Rally returns to Boston Common