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SUMMARY:Declaration of Independence Reading
DESCRIPTION:You are welcome to come to the Museum starting at 4pm. THE PROGRAM WILL START AT THE ELGIN HISTORY MUSEUM AT 4:30PM\, with the reading starting at 5pm. Bring a lawn chair\, gather with friends and neighbors\, and be part of this unique event celebrating America’s 250th birthday. Admission is free and all are welcome. \nHear the words that changed history. \nJoin the Elgin History Museum\, Fox Valley SAR\, Elias Kent Kane DAR\, and Signal Hill DAR\, for a Nationwide Reading of the Declaration of Independence as we celebrate the 250th anniversary of the United States. Local leaders\, educators\, historians\, and volunteers will read the Declaration aloud\, just as it was shared with the public in 1776. \nEven though the United States is spread across thousands of miles and ten different time zones\, all of us in America may read the Declaration of Independence ‘together’\, at the ‘same’ time. Unlike the extent of the Colonies in 1776\, today\, America spans about 9\,500-miles from one extreme to the other (the Caribbean across North America to the western edge of the Pacific). \nThis is a nationwide program initiated and sponsored by the Hawai‘i America250 Commission.
URL:https://elginhistory.org/event/dec-of-indp-reading/
LOCATION:Elgin History Museum\, 360 Park St\, Elgin\, IL\, United States
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