Documents to Be Read
A public reading of the Declaration of Independence, the British reply to the Declaration of September 1776, King George III’s speech to Parliament of October 1776, and the Preamble to the U.S. Constitution will take place on Sunday, July 4th, at 1:30 p.m. outside the Williams College Museum of Art. Williamstown Theatre Festival actress Jessica Hecht (appearing in Our Town from July 28th) will read the Declaration and Preamble, while the British texts will be read by Michael Coglan, the Festival’s Associate General Manager. The Chapin Library’s collection of the Founding Documents of the United States is on display at the College Museum until the completion of the Stetson-Sawyer project a few years from now. – WGH