Event Dime

Public Reading of the Declaration of Independence

When:

July 4, 2026 · 12:00 AM

Where:

The Old Exchange and Provost Dungeon, 122 East Bay Street, Charleston, SC

Source:

6AM City Charleston – Events

Event Details 9:00 AM Come see history unfold as historical reenactors and community leaders perform a public reading of the Declaration of Independence at the same location where South Carolinians heard it's powerful words for the first time in 1776. Read on the steps of the Old Exchange for thirteen years in the same historic location where it was first read anywhere in the state, this event is free and open to the public.