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El Paso County Historical Society will be closed on Fourth of July. Check out the Declaration of Independence

The El Paso County Historical Society will be closed on Fourth of July.

We will resume regular business hours on Thursday, July 6, 2023 from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m.

Read the Declaration of Independence

United States, John Dunlap, Peter Force, David Ridgely, and Printed Ephemera Collection. In Congress, July 4, a declaration by the representatives of the United States of America, in General Congress assembled. [Philadelphia: Printed by John Dunlap, 1776] Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/2003576546/.

Check out a June 1776 rough draft of the Declaration of Independence:

Thomas Jefferson, June , Rough Draft of the Declaration of Independence. -06, 1776. Manuscript/Mixed Material. https://www.loc.gov/item/mtjbib000156/.

History Channel: Fourth of July

Since 1954 the El Paso County Historical Society has been a driving force in the historic scene of El Paso. EPCHS strives to foster research into the history of the El Paso area; acquire and make available to the public historic materials; publish and encourage historical writing pertaining to the area; and to develop public consciousness of our rich heritage.