Sharing the Spirit of America

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Join us at the Hays House Museum for the Sharing the Spirit of America. On the 250th anniversary of this event, July 4, 1776, the Second Continental Congress approved the Declaration of Independence inside the Pennsylvania State House (now Independence Hall) in Philadelphia. Four days later, on July 8, 1776, after the Declaration was printed and distributed, the citizens of Philadelphia were summoned to the State House Yard by the bells of the city. Then, Colonel John Nixon publicly read the Declaration of Independence. It will be a choral reading and it’s a family friendly event. Free and open to the community.