Event Details
Due to the oppressive heat and likelihood of storms, we’ve moving this event from the Ball-Sellers House to the Arlington Historical Museum and changing the time to 2:00 PM. (Local meteorologists predict the temperature on Saturday will be in excess of 100 degrees! The Ball-Sellers House has no A/C, but the Arlington Historical Museum does!)
We’ll start reading at 2:00 and end with ringing our school bell in the oldest existing schoolhouse in Arlington--ringing bells just like folks did the first time it was read to them and they rang every bell in town that they could! Everyone can have a turn at reading a portion of the document.
Lend your voice to read the words that helped start this nation’s “great experiment” in democracy 250 years ago. If you’d like to read a portion of the “Declaration,” please email: info@arlingtonhistoricalsociety.org and let us know!
You can also make protest signs that colonial Virginians could have used as they protested British actions. We’ll have the materials for posters and signs and information about what the colonists were complaining about–and they had a LOT of complaints! Join us for this historic way to celebrate this important date.
Come for the history, stay for your own free self-guided tour of Arlington history from Native Peoples to Newest Peoples in the oldest existing schoolhouse in the county. see also FOUR new temporary exhibits commemorating the 250th Anniversary of this document!