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Declaration of Independence To Be On Display At Commonwealth Museum in Dorchester Thursday, July 4

Matthew McDonald

A rare original copy of the Declaration of Independence is scheduled to be on display at the Commonwealth Museum on Columbia Point in Dorchester today.

Museum officials plan to exhibit the state's copy of the 1776 document, which is one of 14.

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Public Reading of Declaration of Independence at Massachusetts State House at 1 p.m. Thursday, July 4

Matthew McDonald

The Republican Liberty Caucus of Massachusetts plans to hold a public reading of the Declaration of Independence at the Massachusetts State House in Boston at 1 p.m. today to mark the Fourth of July.

According to the organization's Facebook page:

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