At least two live readings of the Declaration of Independence are planned this month in Gloucester County churches. Grace on Main, 6470 Main Street, continues a long July 4 tradition, starting at 10 a.m. The celebration will include a reading of the Declaration of Independence, period music, patriotic songs, and a tribute honoring the armed forces. The program will conclude with a roll call of the Declaration’s signers, recognizing their courage and lasting legacy.Abingdon Episcopal Church, 4645 George Washington Memorial Highway, White Marsh, will have a reading of the Declaration of Independence on Sunday, July 19. Abingdon Episcopal‘s rector, the Rev. Sven vanBaars, said that John Page of Rosewell, Virginia, statesman and Abingdon member, wrote a letter on July 20, 1776 to his close friend and college classmate praising Jefferson’s newly drafted Declaration. He pledged to publish it in Gloucester and surrounding communities. The Sunday worship service will begin at 9:30 and the read...