BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//sebbo.net//ical-generator//EN NAME:Wilmette Public Library X-WR-CALNAME:Wilmette Public Library BEGIN:VEVENT UID:a19defbf-22e7-438d-9940-3e559786fee2 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20260728T125247Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260622T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260622T200000 SUMMARY:The Declaration of Independence Through the Centuries LOCATION:Wilmette Public Library\nWilmette Public Library X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Wilmette Public Library;X- APPLE-RADIUS=10;X-TITLE=Wilmette Public Library:geo:42.074866,-87.709462 GEO:42.074866;-87.709462 DESCRIPTION:Join Joyce Haworth as she recounts the influence of the Declar ation over the last 250 years..\nhttps://wilmette.libnet.info/event/162295 51 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

The words seem simple: &ldquo\;all men are created equal\,&rdquo\; and endowed with the rights of &ldquo\;life\, lib erty and the pursuit of happiness.&rdquo\; Yet people in every era since h ave grappled with them. Elizabeth Cady Stanton used them as a starting poi nt. Lincoln regarded them as the essential definition of America. Southern secessionists said they were false. Frederick Douglass called them hypocr itical. Join Joyce Haworth as she recounts the influence of the Declaratio n over the last 250 years.

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