Historic Tabernacle Baptist Church will commemorate the 250th anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration ofIndependence with a public reading of the declaration on July 8.
The reading will start at 5 p.m. and correlates with others reading the entire Declaration of Independence that takes 10 minutes.
The event is part of the nationwide program, ‘Sharing the Spirit of America’ that is initiated by the Hawai’iAmerica250 Commission. Historic Tabernacle Baptist Church is hosting this local reading in collaboration withthe Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail.
Americans across the United States and on all seven continents are participating in ‘Sharing the Spirit of America’by reading the Declaration of Independence, each at their own local time that correlates with 6 p.m. (EDT),Wednesday, July 8, 2026.
While the readings are organized separately, they are all happening simultaneously, which means that Americansaround the world will be joined together in time for this historic anniversary.
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