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Host Bob Edwards and other familiar Morning Edition voices join in the annual 4th of July reading of the Declaration of Independence. Two Pulitzer Prize-winning historians discuss the history of the Declaration of Independence, and its founding principle that "all men are created equal." Tourists look up to the Capitol Rotunda as they stand in front of John Trumbull's Declaration of Independence painting on March 10, 2014. We, The Staff-- Morning Edition presents an annual 4th of July tradition, as Host Bob Edwards and various other NPR voices recite the Declaration of Independence. It's Independence Day. That means it's time to hear NPR hosts and reporters read the Declaration of Independence. Follow along here. On this Independence Day, we hear some words we have debated since the country was founded, words that are part of our July Fourth tradition. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED NPR BROADCAST) BOB EDWARDS: (Reading) When in the course of human events INSKEEP: Since 1988, NPR staff members have read aloud the Editor's note on July 8, 2022: This story quotes the U.S. Declaration of Independence — a document that contains offensive language about Native Americans, including a racial slur. Thirty years Top stories in the U.S. and world news, politics, health, science, business, music, arts and culture. Nonprofit journalism with a mission. This is NPR. This is the reading of the Declaration of Independence heard on National Public Radio's Morning Edition program during the 1990s. Bob Edwards, Carl Kasell, Red Barber, and Baxter Black It's Independence Day. That means it's time to hear NPR hosts and reporters read the Declaration of Independence. Follow along here. Hear the Morning Edition program for Jul 02, 2025 Two Pulitzer Prize-winning historians discuss the history of the Declaration of Independence and the founding principle, "All men are created equal." Host Bob Edwards and other familiar Morning Edition voices join in the annual 4th of July reading of the Declaration of Independence. On this Fourth of July, NPR presents our annual reading of the Declaration of Independence. Read the original text alongside photos of the NPR staff members who performed the reading. Host Bob Edwards talks with Professor Harold Selesky from the University of Alabama about those Colonists who didn't rally behind the Declaration of Independence when the Revolutionary War started. Every Independence Day (July 4), NPR staff members (including hosts, reporters, and commentators) conduct a reading of the Declaration of Independence that is broadcast on Morning Edition. [ 25 ] [ 26 ] [ 27 ] NPR began the annual tradition in 1989. Thirty years ago, Morning Edition launched what has become an Independence Day tradition: familiar NPR voices reading the Declaration of Independence. Below is the draft of the Declaration of Independence adopted by the Continental Congress 242 years ago in Philadelphia. Over the past 32 years, Morning Edition has broadcast a reading of the Declaration of Independence by NPR staff as a way of marking Independence Day. But after last summer's protests and Twenty-nine years ago, Morning Edition launched what has become an Independence Day ritual: NPR journalists reading the Declaration of Independence. Below is the draft of the Declaration of Independence adopted by the Continental Congress 242 years ago in Philadelphia. It is read by NPR staff members in the accompanying audio.
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