Not sure how I got to be the one organizing the Simultaneous Reading of the Declaration of Independence to mark the country's 250th anniversary, but I was. I've been in contact with local governments and organizations since late May and managed to line up 17 readers. I divided the Declaration into speaking parts and emailed everyone their assignment, secured the park permit, ordered stickers to give away and pocket Declaration books, had a poster printed of all the particpants' organizations, and publicized the event. I even had to talk to a local reporter. (I prefer being the intereviewer rather than the interviewee.)
We had people sign a Declaration with feather pens and ink. Fun but messy.
Here I am checking readers in and making sure everyone has their assigned reading part.
The reading started at 5 p.m. yesterday to coincide with communities across the United States and its territorities, marking when in the Declaration when it was first read in public on July 8, 1776. How cute are these Girl Scouts?
Me and Uncle Sam, one of our volunteers.
Laughing with Uncle Sam. I swear this volunteer is always smiling. Andy worked from home and took pictures while I was busy working. It went surprisingly well and there were probably 100 people in the audience.
Uncle Sam, me and my coworkers after the event. Aren't we a festive bunch?
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