2007 Fourth of July Celebration
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The National Archives celebrated the 231st anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence with its traditional Fourth of July program. Below are a selection of photos of the celebration.
Declaration of Independence Reading Ceremony
Performance by the 3rd Infantry "Old Guard" Fife and Drum Corps on Constitution Avenue.
Post ceremony - World War II veteran Lieutenant Colonel Henry Cervantes, USAF (Ret.) speaks with Ambassador R. Nicholas Burns, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs and wife.
Post ceremony - World War II veteran Major Norman T. Hatch, USMCR (Ret.) and Benjamin Franklin.
Volunteer Allison Floyd helps a visitor read a section of the Declaration of Independence to the crowd.
Foundation for the National Archives employees Danny Bucher and Reagan Bussells sit with children’s author Louise Borden, who signed copies of her books America Is and The John Hancock Club.
Historian Linda McCarthy of History is a Hoot, Inc. tells visitors about the efforts of women spies during World War II.
Visitors gather around a facsimile of the Declaration of Independence to add their names to it.
NARA intern Susan Bergner and volunteer Jessica Benson show visitors how to plant their own Victory Garden
Reenactors
Reenactors Rosie the Riveter and Navy hero Doris Miller posed for pictures with visitors.
From L-R: Reenactors Ned Hector, Benjamin Franklin, WASP Founder Jacqueline Cochran, General Don Bernardo de Galvez, Abigail Adams, Navy hero Doris Miller, Thomas Jefferson, Rosie the Riveter, and John Hancock
