Independence Day 2009

Eight years ago on this day I was fortunate enough to be in Philadelphia for the filming of a reading of the Declaration of Independence by some of Hollywood's finest actors. It was an experience I will never forget being in Independence Hall in the very place the document was signed 225 years earlier.

That film, which is introduced by Morgan Freeman and featured Mel Gibson, Ed Norton, Michael Douglas and many others was directed by Rob Reiner and shot by Conrad Hall shortly before his death. As you may know, the document was written to be read aloud and short of being on the steps of Indepence Hall in 1776, this reading was probably one of the more memorabe ones in history.

So, in the frenzy of beers, backyard barbeques and fireworks, take a moment to enjoy the words of our forefathers that started this whole crazy experiment we proudly call the United States of America.