The 25h annual Fourth of July reading of the Declaration of Independence at the Jaffrey Meetinghouse was a festive and patriotic occasion enjoyed by all. 

Thanks to the many who participated and assisted, far too numerous to thank individually. But the 41 readers, citizens of Jaffrey, deserve mention (in order of appearance):  Ethan Hutchinson, Mark Jacobsen, Abigail Bonzagni, Nicholas Roberts, Seamus Malloy, Charles Turcotte, Franklin Sterling, Andy Lawn, Jaime Hutchinson, Cathy Maki, Jim Douglas, Kathryn Manning, Jonathan Marshall, Christine Pressman, Teresa Marchese, Larry Moeller, Becky Hansen, Tim McCool, Ari Twombly, Lee Backstrom, Jared Jenkins, Pauline Brackett, John Brouder, Brian Castiglioni, Lucy Dupuis. Eric Sopper, Lisa Giragosian, Lornie Rawls, Castine Clerkin, David Woodward, Jack Byrne, Eleanor Ahlborn-Hsu, Andrew Chesney, Jon Frederick, Dave Kemp, David Chamberlain, Kathy Weibel, Pamela Armstrong, Andy Smith, Annie Gordon and Ellen Avery.

Robert Stephenson

For co-sponsors Jaffrey Historical Society, Jaffrey Center Village Improvement Society, Jaffrey Historic District Commission and Selectmen’s Meetinghouse Committee