Bringing the Declaration of Independence to life

MENOMONEE FALLS, Wis. (CBS 58) — On a summer day, a few of America’s founding fathers returned for a few hours. Not in Philadelphia, but right here, in Menomonee Falls, where reenactors turned a 250-year-old document into a living lesson.

“It’s the foundation of our new nation,” said “John Hancock,” one of the impersonators. “It is a very fine document, you might know.”

From sword fights to debates over freedom, down to the personalities who shaped a nation…

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