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Please be seated inside no later than 1:25 pm.
Join us as we celebrate the 4th of July and the 18th century Delawareans who gathered in New Castle to support the signlng of the Declaration of independence.
Children and families of all ages, regardless of age, faith, race or ethnicity, are cordially invited to attend historic New Castle's bell-ringing ceremony, which will be held at lmmanuel Church on the Green from L:30-2:30 pm on the 4th of July.
This free annual event is part of an ongoing national ceremony. When the Liberty Bell in Philadelphia is tapped, bells in Philadelphia and across the nation will ring slmultaneously, to officially commemorate the birth of American lndependence. Please be inside lmmanuel by L:20 pm as the program begins at 1:30 sharp. Guests will remain seated for the pealing of the church bells at 2:00 p.m., then children, representing the thirteen colonies, will ring a smaller bell donated to the day's event by the Old Courthouse Museum. This year's keynote speaker will be Noel H. Kuhrt whose talk is entitled. "Recognition of George Read" signer of both the Declaration of lndependence and the United States Constitution. Mr. Kuhrt is a graduate of Dartmouth C
