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Reading the Declaration Across America | Bangor News
Across the nation, communities united to read the Declaration of Independence aloud in a powerful, nationwide tribute called “Sharing the Spirit of America,” honoring the document’s radical ideals while confronting its historical contradictions. From Houlton, Maine, to every state and territory, towns gathered — including Maine’s noon-hour event at the Historical Society — to reconnect with the founding principles of liberty and self-governance, even as they acknowledged the document’s exclusion of enslaved people, women, and Indigenous peoples. Attendees walked away with pocket copies of the…
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