Where was the Declaration of Independence first publicly read, a milestone linked to America250?

The Declaration of Independence was first publicly read at State House Yard, a milestone linked to America250.

On July 8, 1776, Colonel John Nixon gave the first public reading in the yard outside the Pennsylvania State House in Philadelphia. The reading allowed people beyond Congress to hear the document’s claim that the colonies were independent states.

The Pennsylvania State House is now Independence Hall, but the event was not a modern balcony announcement. The document had already been adopted on July 4, and the parchment was signed mainly on August 2. The State House Yard reading was therefore an early public presentation between adoption and most signatures.