Wonky Wednesday: When in the Course of Human Events
Over at TommyWonk, it has become a July Fourth tradition to present the text of the Declaration of Independence, which was signed 231 years ago today. You know it has been a year since you read it; so come on over and reacquaint yourself withthis altogether remarkable political document before getting on with your holiday with your family, friends and neighbors.
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Or for those of you that don’t like to read:
Audio of Independence Day speech
Thanks for this… but you are wrong about one thing: the events of the past year have caused me (and probably many others) to read parts of this document on more than one occasion.
Thank you!
For another reading of the Declaration, NPR reads it first thing on Morning Edition. It is a nice tradition to be reminding what this day celebrates before getting to the usual business.
And for those of us who just love this kind of thing: the National Constitution Center has on display one of the copies of the Magna Carta (on loan from Britain), and the first public printing of the Constitution from the Pennsylvania Packet is reinstalled. The display opens today, so go already!
I listened to the NPR reading this morning, as I have for a number of years; it included a snippet read by the late great sportscaster Red Barber.
The National Constitution Center yesterday presented a reading of the Declaration by James Earl Jones, who could make the phone book sound compelling.
And for those of us who just love this kind of thing: the National Constitution Center has on display one of the copies of the Magna Carta
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that sounds like a must do.
I encourage everyone to visit the National Constitution Center this year. It is a treasure that offers an interactive walk through the centuries, stopping at each of the the high and the low lights of our democratic experiment – these United States.