During public participation at the Jan. 15 Westfield City Council meeting, former City Solicitor Peter Martin read excerpts ...

CENTER CITY -- America's Birthday was celebrated this past Thursday, but the date July 8th also holds a significant moment in time. The First Public reading of the Declaration of Independence was July ...

The Berks County Liberty Bell was first rung 249 years ago. Its ringing on July 8, 1776, announced the birth of the United States of America, calling for local residents to gather for a reading of the ...

Many years ago a reader, Wallace Hooper, wrote to the Chronicle publisher with this request: “To celebrate this and every July Fourth, print the entire text of the Declaration of Independence.” In ...

AMHERST, Mass. (WWLP) – Local youth activists are advocating for change in western Massachusetts with a reading of a rewritten Declaration of Independence. Activists in the community have come ...

HOUSE. OUR PETER ELIOPOULOS TAKES US THERE. FLAGS, FANFARE AND CELEBRATING FREEDOM, WE GATHER NOT ONLY TO CELEBRATE OUR INDEPENDENCE, BUT TO REFLECT ON THE VALUES THAT UNITE US AS A PEOPLE. AN ...

THAT’S A TRADITION AS WELL. WE HOLD THESE TRUTHS TO BE SELF-EVIDENT, THAT ALL MEN ARE CREATED EQUAL, THAT THEY ARE ENDOWED BY THEIR CREATOR WITH CERTAIN UNALIENABLE RIGHTS. YOU GOT IT RIGHT. IF YOU ...

METHUEN — The Sixth Annual Independence Day Reading of the Declaration of Independence starts at 10 a.m. on Friday, July 4, at the Meeting House Hill Cemetery on East Street. The cemetery will be open ...

Heritage Day annually commemorates the first reading of the Declaration of Independence in Easton, which took place on July 8, 1776. The city is one of only three where the Declaration was read ...