Read the Declaration Aloud

Read the Declaration Aloud

For our nation’s semiquincentennial, my son and I headed down to Colonial Williamsburg from New York City to hear the Declaration of Independence read from the old state Capitol—the very same place the document was read aloud 250 years ago. Having spent considerable time visiting Williamsburg during the COVID-19 lockdowns, we wanted to revisit one of our special places on such a momentous occasion. When we arrived at nine-thirty in the morning, …