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Sons of the American Revolution hosts community reading of the Declaration of Independence
Summary
Members and invited readers gathered for “Sharing the Spirit of America,” a public program in which participants across the room read the Declaration of Independence aloud in a coordinated, simultaneous reading tied to 6 p.m. Eastern time.
The Sons of the American Revolution sponsored a public program called “Sharing the Spirit of America,” in which a sequence of local presenters read the Declaration of Independence aloud for a community audience. The organizer opened by saying the event commemorates the adoption of the Declaration on 07/04/1776 and its first public reading on 07/08/1776 and thanked attendees for coming.
Presenters read the Declaration’s preamble, grievances and concluding pledge in turn. The organizer explained logistics for a coordinated national and international initiative, saying the readings are conducted simultaneously at each participating location “wherever they are that correlates with 6PM eastern.” The session closed with the host announcing a separate community event, Reads Across America, planned in December and thanking participants for attending.
