On this Independence Day, many will be spending time at picnics, family gatherings, and fireworks displays. It is a time of celebration, but it is also a time of reflection. It was on this day in 1776 that the former British colonies declared their sovereignty as a nation.
Here, then, is a group of people reading aloud the entirety of the U.S. Declaration of Independence. Some prose, some poetry is best heard spoken aloud, rather than read. This is such a document. Pay careful attention, because this is your heritage. If you should find your mind wandering partway through, snap back into focus! This is the stuff of which revolutions are made .... and may be made again.
The reading is introduced by Morgan Freeman. The presenters, appearing in Independence Hall in Philadelphia, include ~
- Kathy Bates
- Benicio del Toro
- Michael Douglas
- Mel Gibson
- Whoopi Goldberg
- Graham Greene
- Ming-Na Wen
- Edward Norton
- Winona Ryder
- Kevin Spacey
- Renee Zellweger
By the end, I had chills running down my spine, and tears down my cheeks.
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