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Master of Ceremonies Jim Johnson, President of the Colonel Stephen Trigg Chapter, Sons of the American Revolution
Johnson tells the News Edge it’s important to host this reading of the Declaration of Independence for several reasons primarily to educate the youth and also replicate the activities of the Founding Fathers of the United States.
click to download audioThe Declaration of Independence was adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776. After ratifying the text on July 4, Congress issued the document in several forms and then carried copies to cities and villages throughout the thirteen states over the course of several weeks. The first copy reached Boonesborough on the Kentucky frontier in August 1776.