Reading the Declaration of IndependenceFriday, July 17, 2026 • Independence Park • Gathering at 5:30 P.M. | Reading Begins at 6:00 P.M. Join Historic Beverly for a commemorative public reading of the Declaration of Independence at Independence Park, the very site where Beverly first heard the Declaration read aloud in 1776. On July 17, 1776, Colonel John Glover gathered his …