Mark the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence at the Newberry Gather with special guests, fellow visitors, and library staff for a live, simultaneous nationwide public reading of the Declaration of Independence with one and all in Chicago and across the country. The nationwide reading will take place at 5pm sharp! Plan to arrive early or stay late to visit Newberry’s related exhibitions, Free and Independent: The Declaration of Independence and the Words that Made the United States and Conceived in Liberty: Cartoons, Caricatures, and Illustrations in the Wartime Us, 1812-1918.