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"First for Freedom"

Record #:
8463
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Abstract:
Since 1976, the Town of Halifax has performed the play \"First for Freedom.\" The summer production includes both fact and fiction in telling the story of Halifax's role during the Revolutionary War. The Halifax Resolves, signed a few months before the United States Declaration of Independence, was the first official declaration of independence from Great Britain. The play, written by Maxville Burt Williams, includes scenes from historic Halifax as well as scenes from the Fourth Provincial Congress that met at the Halifax courthouse on April 12, 1776.
Source:
The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 51 Issue 1, June 1983, p27-28, por