CARSON CITY, Nev. (KOLO) \u2014 A copy of the Declaration of Independence made a stop in Carson City as part of a cross-country relay heading to Delaware for Thanksgiving to mark the nation\u2019s 250th anniversary.<\/p>\n
Organizers said three batons \u2014 representing life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness \u2014 are being carried by participants along the route.<\/p>\n
\u201cAt the core of America 250 is the Declaration of Independence, right? Nothing else happens without that, and so we wanted some symbol of that that we would be carrying along the way,\u201d says Dave Whitson, the relay coordinator. \u201cSo, we have three batons. One is life, one is liberty, and one is pursuit of happiness, and that way different people participating each day can carry that bit of history.\u201d<\/p>\n
Nevadans reflect on the relay\u2019s meaning<\/p>\n
Nevadans who participated in the relay said they hope events like this bring the country together.<\/p>\n
\u201cWell, I think it\u2019s something that ties the country together, especially when you know things are going in different directions,\u201d one participant Tim McFarren said. \u201cIt ties us all together and reminds us what we\u2019re here for, life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.\u201d<\/p>\n
Another participant, Sandy Koch, highlighted Nevada\u2019s public lands as part of the celebration.<\/p>\n
\u201cI just think it\u2019s so important to just celebrate that we have so much public land in Nevada,\u201d says Koch. \u201cIt means everything to the citizens of this state, and I\u2019d like to keep our public lands public.\u201d<\/p>\n
Nevada on the American Discovery Trail<\/p>\n
The stop also drew attention to Nevada\u2019s place on the American Discovery Trail. Nevada is one of only 15 states \u2014 including Washington, D.C. \u2014 on the trail.<\/p>\n
\u201cI hope that more people get out and see parts of it, whether you\u2019re on it for a day or you want to tackle the whole state or the whole country,\u201d says state coordinator for the American Discovery Trail, Samantha Szesciorka. \u201cI just hope more people find it so that they can see how beautiful Nevada is.\u201d<\/p>\n
Carson City Mayor Lori Bagwell said the event serves as a reminder of shared history.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s so important to always remember our history and I think so often it\u2019s forgotten and when you put events like this together it just brings us back to remember that we\u2019re all Americans, we\u2019re all neighbors, we\u2019re all a community and it brings us together,\u201d Bagwell said. \u201cNo matter what we\u2019re just people trying to love life and our fellow people.\u201d<\/p>\n
What\u2019s next for the relay<\/p>\n
The copy of the Declaration of Independence is now making its way through Virginia City. It is expected to arrive in Utah in about two weeks.<\/p>\n
Copyright 2026 KOLO. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CARSON CITY, Nev. (KOLO) \u2014 A copy of the Declaration of Independence made a stop in Carson City…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":769434,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[23,3,21,19,22,20,25,24],"class_list":["post-769433","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-states","tag-america","tag-news","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/769433","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=769433"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/769433\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/769434"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=769433"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=769433"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=769433"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}