June 27, 2023 - To honor America and the freedoms we all enjoy, and to celebrate the significance of Independence Day, members of the Shelby County Criminal Defense Bar will gather in the upstairs courtroom of the Historic 1885 Courthouse on the downtown Center square at 1:30pm on Friday, June 30, 2023, for a formal reading of the United States Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights. The public is encouraged to attend.
The annual ceremony is a part of a statewide effort by the Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association. Since 2016, the declaration has been read in each of the 254 Texas counties.
