On July 4, 1776, delegates from 13 colonies convened in Philadelphia’s Pennsylvania State House, hoping to place the final touches on a document meant to liberate citizens from tyrannical rule of England.
Now 248 years later, nearly 50 citizens gathered Thursday morning in West Cadiz Park looking to embrace living history from the period-pressed Col. Stephen Trigg Chapter Sons of the American Revolution — and their annual public, and dramatic, reading of the Declaration of Independence.
Geoff Baggett, chapter member, historian, author and former pastor of Crossroads Fellowship, channeled his colonial vigor, and invited the crowd to “yawp” and “hiss” as he parsed the historic words.
Before the public was invited to join the traitorous ranks of the Second Continental Congress, and sign the scroll, a bell was tolled for those first United States of America, and a trio of flintlock marksmen offered a gunpowder salute.
Steve Mallory, another chapter member, shared two excerpts of a letter sent from John Adams to his wife, Abigail, dated July 3, 1776.
Mallory also brought forth local veteran Curt Holmes, in order to honor him for his continued efforts within the military community.
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