SIOUX CITY (KTIV) – If you didn’t get enough patriotism during the Fourth of July, an upcoming event will surely spark your interest.
The Sioux City Public Museum and the Martha Washington Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) are expected to host a public reading of the Declaration of Independence at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, July 8, at the Sioux City Public Museum.
The museum says the DAR chapter is organizing “simultaneous national readings” of the Declaration of Independence in every state to mark the 250th Anniversary of the first public reading of the Declaration of Independence.
Event organizers say these simultaneous readings are intended to recreate the tension and excitement of the first readings of the historic document.
“In 1776, Thomas Jefferson ordered that several copies of the Declaration of Independence be printed,” said the museum, “Horseback riders raced to take their copy of the document to towns and cities in the colonies, reading it at the town square for all to hear. This meant that several days or more passed before the colonists heard the Declaration.”
The event’s costumed readers are Elizabeth Rosenbaum, a local attorney and DAR member and Gregory Giles, a local financial advisor.
For more information, visit the Sioux City Public Museum’s website.
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