The Declaration contains Congress’ justifications for independence. Congress approved the Declaration more than a year after the beginning of the Revolutionary War. It lists 27 grievances the Colonist had with England’s King George from taxes to inciting Indian attacks on frontier settlers.
The Society will pass out parsed copies of the Declaration of Independence. The public will be asked to form a circle and each person will take a turn reading small sections of the 27 grievances (a sentence or less) and then allow the next person to pick up where they left off. The reading takes about 20 minutes.
Signing the Declaration was considered an act of treason and the signers did not take their duty lightly. The Declaration ends with the signers stating…” we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.” There will be a brief discussion as to the fate of some of the signers.
The public is invited to participate in the discussion. Please bring your own lawn chairs.
Refreshments will be provided. For information call Jean at 239-498-5296.