Mark your calendar for Patriots in the Park!

July 8 is the 250th anniversary of the first public reading of the Declaration of Independence, which took place on July 8, 1776, in Philadelphia, four days after the document was adopted by the Continental Congress. Colonel John Nixon read the declaration to the public in what is now called Independence Square.

Partnering with Daughters of the American Revolution Suffolk Chapter, Suffolk Tourism is please to present Patriots in the Park: ​Commemorating The First Public Reading of The Declaration of Independence, Wednesday, July 8, 5:00 - 8:00pm, at Downtown Festival Park. Free and open to the public. 

Activities include:

• Official reading of the Declaration of Independence
• Civil Air Patrol Presentation of Colors
• Live Music 

         The Second Ending Brass Quintet 
         Fife & Drum 

• Living History Reenactors portraying colonial life as soldiers, women and children, indigenous peoples, African Americans, agriculture/cooking, education/faith, music, games, crafts, etc.
• Merchants & Exhibitors
• “All-American Picnic Food”

​Stay tuned for more details!

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