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 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. It is read by NPR staff members in the accompanying audio.
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Nina Totenberg (Steve Barrett / NPR)
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Tell Me More is an NPR news-talk program, hosted by award-winning journalist Michel Martin. ( / Stephen Voss)
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Ayesha Rascoe at NPR headquarters in Washington, D.C., May 22, 2018. (photo by Allison Shelley) (Allison Shelley / NPR)
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Ofeibea Quist-Arcton ( / Jacques Coughlin)
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