The 1776 Challenge – America250 Syracuse City Event

The 1776 Challenge
Syracuse City invites the public to participate in the 1776 Challenge, in which participants memorize a portion of the Declaration of Independence and recite it to a docent at the Syracuse Regional Museum for a commemorative token (limited quantities available). The challenge is open to all ages and runs through June 19, 2026. There is no fee to visit the Syracuse Regional Museum.
Age 15 and below should memorize and recite:
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. 
Age 16 and above should memorize and recite:
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed,  That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. 
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