Celebrating Independence Day at New Bern, NC

I drove to New Bern, NC to celebrate the Fourth of July.  They had a drum and fife corps along with the reading of the Declaration of Independence on the steps of Tryon Palace.   

 

The man reading is portraying John Penn.  He was a signer of the Declaration.  The woman is his wife.  And the gentleman standing nearby is supposed to be the last loyalist governor of North Carolina:  Josiah Martin.

 

I seriously doubt Governor Martin would have been present for the reading.  If anything, he would’ve had John Penn arrested.    

  

Below is a loyalist heckling John Penn.   

 

 

They even had period music.

 

 

 

If you're a history buff, you'll enjoy New Bern.

 

Source:  http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/signers/penn.htm

http://www.newbern-nc.org/