{"id":7195,"date":"2026-06-23T19:22:18","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T23:22:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lovettsvillehistoricalsociety.org\/?p=7195"},"modified":"2026-06-23T19:22:54","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T23:22:54","slug":"7th-annual-public-reading-of-the-declaration-of-independence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lovettsvillehistoricalsociety.org\/index.php\/7th-annual-public-reading-of-the-declaration-of-independence\/","title":{"rendered":"7th Annual Public Reading of the Declaration of Independence"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;6a3c37ece94be&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" class=\"wp-block-image size-full wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1966\" height=\"2560\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-async--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on-async--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-async-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lovettsvillehistoricalsociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_4930-1-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lovettsvillehistoricalsociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_4930-1-scaled.jpeg 1966w, https:\/\/www.lovettsvillehistoricalsociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_4930-1-230x300.jpeg 230w, https:\/\/www.lovettsvillehistoricalsociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_4930-1-787x1024.jpeg 787w, https:\/\/www.lovettsvillehistoricalsociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_4930-1-115x150.jpeg 115w, https:\/\/www.lovettsvillehistoricalsociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_4930-1-768x1000.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.lovettsvillehistoricalsociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_4930-1-1180x1536.jpeg 1180w, https:\/\/www.lovettsvillehistoricalsociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_4930-1-1573x2048.jpeg 1573w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1966px) 100vw, 1966px\" \/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\taria-label=\"Enlarge image\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on-async--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.imageButtonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.imageButtonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>The Lovettsville Historical Society will be holding it&#8217;s 7th Annual Public Reading of the Declaration of Independence at St. James UCC Church,&nbsp;10 East Broad Way&nbsp;in Lovettsville (where the Sunday lectures are) at 10:00 a.m. Saturday July 4, 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>PLEASE COME!&nbsp; &nbsp;<\/strong>It is a way to feel just a little bit more of a patriot on the nation&#8217;s 250th anniversary.  Together with bell ringing before and after the reading, you&#8217;ll get to sign the Declaration and be a part of our annual community picture.&nbsp; The whole thing takes less than an hour&#8211;so you can adjourn for a celebratory&nbsp;<em>bier&nbsp;<\/em>afterwards in good German style.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Lovettsville Historical Society will be holding it&#8217;s 7th Annual Public Reading of the Declaration of Independence at St. James UCC Church,&nbsp;10 East Broad Way&nbsp;in Lovettsville (where the Sunday lectures&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7197,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,89],"tags":[120,262,319,250,252],"class_list":["post-7195","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-press-release","category-revolutionary-war","tag-american-revolution","tag-declaration-of-independence","tag-loudoun250","tag-the-german-settlement","tag-va250"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lovettsvillehistoricalsociety.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7195","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lovettsvillehistoricalsociety.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lovettsvillehistoricalsociety.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lovettsvillehistoricalsociety.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lovettsvillehistoricalsociety.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7195"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.lovettsvillehistoricalsociety.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7195\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7199,"href":"https:\/\/www.lovettsvillehistoricalsociety.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7195\/revisions\/7199"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lovettsvillehistoricalsociety.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7197"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lovettsvillehistoricalsociety.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7195"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lovettsvillehistoricalsociety.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7195"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lovettsvillehistoricalsociety.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7195"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}