5th ANNUAL NATIONAL ‘LET FREEDOM RING’ CELEBRATION
NEW MEXICO STATE FAIRGROUNDS
JULY 4, 2025
11:15 AM – 1:15 PM
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
11:15 AM – 11:50 AM: MUSIC BY THE RIO GRANDE SYMPHONIC BAND
11:50 AM: WELCOME BY PAST PRESIDENT GENERAL, DESCENDANTS OF THE SIGNERS OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE: LCDR. JOHN GLYNN, USN (Ret.)
NOON: BELL TAPPERS LINE UP. TAP THE LIBERTY BELL (TO COINCIDE WITH THE TAPPING AT 2 PM (EST) OF THE ORIGINAL LIBERTY BELL IN PHILADELPHIA).
AFTER BELL TAPPING.
INTRODUCTION AND REMARKS: PATRICIA PINZON, CONSUL OF MEXICO
READING OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE: STATE REPRESENTATIVE ALAN MARTINEZ
ROLL CALL OF THE SIGNERS
INTRODUCTION OF SPEAKER AND REMARKS: CYNTHIA GARCIA, HONORARY COUNSEL OF SPAIN, ALBUQUERQUE
SPEAKER: PAST NEW MEXICO DAR REGENT, ELEANOR ORTIZ
CHIOR: YOUNG AT HEART
REFRESHMENTS: SOUTHWEST ICE CREAM (ICE CREAM) & NAVY LEAGUE (WATER)
SPONSORS:
EXPO NM (HOSTS); DESCENDENTS OF THE SIGNERS OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE; LOCAL DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION CHAPTERS; NEW MEXICO CHAPTERS SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION; NAVY LEAGUE OF THE UNITED STATES, NEW MEXICO COUNCIL; VFW ROAD RUNNER POST; AND SOUTHWEST ICE CREAM.
DIRECTIONS: ENTER THROUGH NM STATE FAIR GATE 3, (SAN PEDRO AND COPPER). TURN LEFT AFTER THE TICKET BOOTHS. PARKING ON THE LEFT APPROXIMATELY ½ BLOCK. ENTER THROUGH THE GATE UNDER THE PURPLE AWNING. LIBERTY BELL WILL BE ON THE RIGHT.
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