{"id":239115,"date":"2026-07-09T07:06:16","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T07:06:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/239115\/"},"modified":"2026-07-09T07:06:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T07:06:16","slug":"jackson-city-hall-hosts-public-reading-of-declaration-of-independence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/239115\/","title":{"rendered":"Jackson City Hall hosts public reading of Declaration of Independence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">JACKSON, Tenn. (WBBJ) &#8211; Jackson City Hall hosted a live reading of the Declaration of Independence on Wednesday, the 250th anniversary of the document\u2019s first public reading.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid mx-auto d-block\" alt=\"Sons of the American Revolution\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/FHITP3D7KZHGZIWKSLDVLZ42GY.png\" width=\"980\" height=\"552\" \/>Sons of the American Revolution(WBBJ)<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Mayor Scott Conger delivered the reading at City Hall. The event marked July 8, 1776 \u2014 the date of the first public reading of the Declaration of Independence, which is distinct from the July 4th date commonly associated with the nation\u2019s independence.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Larry Newsom, president of the Sons of the American Revolution, attended dressed as a Revolutionary War soldier. Organizers said they hoped attendees could gain a deeper understanding of the country\u2019s history.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cOh, to me, it\u2019s an awesome event,\u201d Newsom said. \u201cAll the events that we\u2019ve been recreating and celebrating for the past year have been just wonderful to think that this country has made it 250 years and we still pay tribute to the events that happened at the beginning of our country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Attendees received an American flag keepsake and were invited to sign a copy of the historical document.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 WBBJ. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JACKSON, Tenn. (WBBJ) &#8211; Jackson City Hall hosted a live reading of the Declaration of Independence on Wednesday,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":239116,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[128,130,129],"class_list":["post-239115","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-reading","tag-reading-city","tag-reading-city-headlines","tag-reading-city-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239115","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=239115"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239115\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/239116"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=239115"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=239115"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=239115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}