THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF WATERTOWN'S CELEBRATION OF READING OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE AND THE TREATY OF WATERTOWN

This annual event marks two important occasions in history that
occurred at the Edmund Fowle House in Watertown: the first public reading of
the Declaration of Independence to the citizens of Watertown on July 18,
1776; the signing of the first treaty negotiated by the new nation with a
foreign power, namely the St. John's (aka Malisset) and Mi'kmaq Tribes of Nova
Scotia on July 19, 1776. The celebration of these two important events will
include the Reading of the Declaration of Independence and the Reading of the
Treaty of Watertown. Nugumij
(Grandmother) Drum from the United Native American Cultural Center will be
present.  Drummers/Singers will perform
several songs to mark the occasion. 
Members, dressed in their Native regalia and colonial reeanactors will
be present to share their stories. Tours of the Edmund Fowle House will be
available.

For
further information and directions see www.HistoricalSocietyofWatertownMA.org

or
call Audrey Jones Childs at 617-926-2577

Everyone
is welcome – the event is free of charge.