Dear Editor: Thank You for 250th Activities

Dear Editor,

I want to thank the City of Helena and the 30 individuals who came together on July 8th for the 250 th anniversary of the first public reading of the Declaration of Independence.

If you were not able to attend the rally, I encourage all Montanans to join a small group of family members, neighbors, or friends to read it aloud and absorb its relevance today, just as it was 250 years ago.

Whenever many of us reflect on the 1776 Declaration, we often consider this paragraph: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed with certain un...