8th Annual Malden Declaration Day

Library : Malden Public Library

Location : Bell Rock Cemetery, 100 Green St, Malden, MA 02148, USA

Start : Friday 28th of June 2024 5:00 PM

End : Friday 28th of June 2024 6:00 PM

Description :

In celebration of the July 4 holiday, all are invited to Bell Rock Cemetery, 100 Green St., Malden, on Friday, June 28th at 5 PM to re-experience the events in Malden that led up to the drafting of the âInstructions of the Inhabitants of Malden, Massachusetts to their Representatives in Congressâ â Maldenâs declaration of support for American Independence. Local Historian and period actor Tom Coots will perform the 8th Annual Reading of the town âInstructionsâ on the lawn of the Malden Public Library.The May 27, 1776 document entitled âInstructions of the Inhabitants of Malden, Massachusetts to their Representatives in Congressâ was unanimously voted on by the townspeople of Malden to be delivered to the Second Continental Congress via their representative Ezra Sargeant. In the 1776 communication, the voting citizens of Malden renounce the Colonyâs ties to the Kingdom of Great Britain and set forth their wish to become an independent âAmericanâ republic. The document is credited as a precursor to the Declaration of Independence written in July of 1776 when the Continental Congress formally declared their independence from England.