A public reading of the Declaration of Independence is scheduled to take place in Glenwood Springs on July 4. The event will be held near the Sayre Park gazebo and will begin at 10 a.m. Local historian Angie Parkison is organizing the nonpartisan reading, which will feature alternating sections read by Glenwood Springs City Council members.

Live patriotic music will be performed by volunteer musicians before and after the reading. Attendees are encouraged to bring folding chairs to the event.

Further details about the reading are available from the Glenwood Springs Post Independent. The idea for the event was inspired by a similar reading that Parkison attended about 20 years ago in upstate New York.