The Declaration of Independence is rather hard to read in places because it was stored in direct sunlight for many years -- a definite no-no for historical artifacts.
The excerpts from the Declaration of Independence, that McGreevey is going to read.
And reporters preparing to cover the impending referendum on Scottish independence would be well advised to read Ian Rankin's DCI Rebus books, which systematically depict the country's re-examination of its identity over the last 25 years, with one book – Set in Darkness (2000) – even involving the discovery of a corpse in the foundations of the Scottish parliament building.
But one core ritual, easily carried out in ten minutes, should be to read the Declaration of Independence out loud.
Recall when I began that I spoke about asking students to read the Declaration of Independence and the Farewell Address side by side.
The part of the resolution relating to declaring independence read: Resolved, that these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent States, that they are absolved from all allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain is, and ought to be, totally dissolved.
Then visit the Colony House (1739) where the Declaration of Independence was read aloud to the townspeople, and where British troops were barracked from 1776 to 1779.
The elegant brick building was built in 1713 and it was from the small balcony that the Declaration of Independence was first read to Bostonians in 1776.
A walking tour of sites like the Common, where the Declaration of Independence was first read aloud to New Yorkers; the original location of the headquarters for both American and British generals; and the statue of Nathan Hale.
A walking tour of sites like "the Common," where the Declaration of Independence was first read aloud to New Yorkers, the original location of headquarters for both American and British generals and the statue of Nathan Hale.
