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Picture This: Reading the Declaration of Independence

Parkersburg resident Trish Pritchard reads a section of the Declaration of Independence on the stage at Bicentennial Park in downtown Parkersburg during an event organized by Indivisible MOV Wednesday to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the document’s first public reading in Philadelphia. (Photo provided)
Participants in a reading of the Declaration of Independence organized Wednesday by Indivisible MOV to the mark the 250th anniversary of the first time it was shared with the public line up at the stage in downtown Parkersburg’s Bicentennial Park. (Photo provided)
Parkersburg resident Carey Clevenger reads a section of the Declaration of Independence during an event Wednesday that was organized at Bicentennial park by Indivisible MOV to observe the 250th anniversary of the first time the document was read in public. (Photo provided)

PARKERSBURG – Indivisible MOV held a reading of the Declaration of Independence on Wednesday at Bicentennial Park in downtown Parkersburg to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the document’s first public reading.

The grassroots volunteer organization, which advocates and demonstrates on a variety of topics, held a simultaneous reading with other groups around the country. People from around the area read individual segments aloud from the stage where America 250 observances took place on July Fourth.

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