The Declaration of Independence, formally adopted on July 4, 1776, was publicly read in towns across the American colonies, spreading the monumental news to the people.

The July 4th Project brought together city, county and community leaders to remember America's beginnings. WLWT's own Courtis Fuller was among the voices, Reading the Declaration of Independence ...

This Fourth of July, the Capital Region will be honoring the past with public readings of the Declaration of Independence.

More than 500 community members gathered in downtown Charleston Thursday morning for the 13th annual reading of the Declaration of Independence.

Local youth activists are advocating for change in western Massachusetts with a reading of a rewritten Declaration of Independence.

There is no time when the Declaration of Independence's true meaning is not worthy of deep reflection. But certainly this Independence Day, which marks ...

People gathered Tuesday at the Berks County Services Center to commemorate the first local reading of the Declaration of Independence.

METHUEN — The Sixth Annual Independence Day Reading of the Declaration of Independence starts at 10 a.m. on Friday, July 4, at the Meeting House Hill Cemetery on East Street.

243 years after the first reading, the Declaration of Independence was shared with the crowd at Independence Hall.

A public reading of the Declaration of Independence on the south steps of the Hamilton County Courthouse was held on Wednesday. The event was co-sponsored by Hamilton County Government, the City ...

PLATTSBURGH — The Valcour Battle Chapter Sons of the American Revolution will present a reenactment of the public reading of the Declaration of Independence at 10 a.m. July 5 in Veterans Park on ...