GREEN COVE SPRINGS – The community is invited the Clay County America 250 Celebration on Wednesday, Oct. 14, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Historic Triangle, 21 Gratio Place. The county is …
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GREEN COVE SPRINGS – The community is invited the Clay County America 250 Celebration on Wednesday, Oct. 14, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Historic Triangle, 21 Gratio Place.
The county is celebrating America's 250th anniversary during a free, daylong community celebration, featuring live patriotic music, food trucks, vendors, historical tributes, a ceremony, and a commemorative proclamation signing by state, local and federal officials. Admission is free.
The commemorative ceremony is scheduled for 2:50 p.m.
The Historic Triangle includes the old Clay County Jail, Courthouse and Train Station.
The event is scheduled on that day because on Oct. 14, 1774, the First Continental Congress adopted the Declaration and Resolves, asserting the rights of the American colonies and declaring that colonists were entitled to “life, liberty and property.”
The principles expressed in this historic document foreshadowed those later articulated in the Declaration of Independence and marked an important step in the movement toward American independence.
