Champions of liberty

Friday, July 6, 2012
The idea of reading the Declaration of Independence from the steps of the Putnam County Courthouse at noon on Independence Day was the brainchild of James Champion of Greencastle. After approval by the Putnam County Commissioners, he and Paul Champion read the document aloud on Wednesday. With the cooperation of Greencastle Parks and Recreation and Friends of the Park, they repeated the reading during Celebrate 4 event at Robe-Ann Park. The Champions are thinking of making the reading a yearly event.

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  • Does Obama know about this? and did he try to ban it?

    -- Posted by GRNT on Fri, Jul 6, 2012, at 6:58 AM
  • They needed approval of the Commissioners? Really? How's that whole freedom of speech thing working out?

    -- Posted by mickhamblen on Fri, Jul 6, 2012, at 1:16 PM
  • Same reason Parks Dept.had to approve,Mick,county property,city property,both need approval from governing entity that's responsible for such.....

    -- Posted by kubotafan on Fri, Jul 6, 2012, at 7:29 PM
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