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POSTPONED Due to extreme heat forecasted – Reading of the Declaration of Independence
July 3 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Where: Minute Man National Historic Park, 174 Liberty Street Concord, Massachusetts 01742
Dress Code: Full colonial militia kit for musket company, Company standard civilian kits for all others.
Description: Celebrate the 250th Anniversary of American Independence with a reading of the Declaration of Independence on the hillside overlooking Concord’s North Bridge. Following the reading, park staff and volunteers will present a thrilling nighttime musket and cannon-fire salute and music of the Revolution. The ceremony will conclude with fife and drum music and a choir singing either Chester or Concord Hymn.