At the bottom of the left-hand page is an announcement that appeared in a
Pennsylvania newspaper on July 8, 1776. On that day, the Declaration of
Independence was read in public for the very first time.
Imagine that you were at the Pennsylvania State House (now known as
Independence Hall) for that first reading. On the lines below, write what you
imagine your thoughts might have been as you hear the Declaration of
Independence read for the very first time. Remember to consider that the
American Revolution was just getting under way, and many believed that the
colonists could not defeat the powerful British.