Who read the Declaration of Independence at the Old State House in 1776?
The Declaration of Independence was first read to the public from the balcony of the Old State House on July 18, 1776. Both Colonel Thomas Crafts and William Greenleaf, the Sheriff of Suffolk County, read the Declaration that day. It was a longstanding tradition that proclamations to be read by the town sheriff in the 18th century. Legend has it that Sheriff Greenleaf’s voice was weak, so Colonel Thomas Crafts had to re-read the Declaration of Independence.
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