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What freedom means to me Today commemorates the adoption of the Declaration of Independence by the Continental Congress in 1776. It proclaimed the separation of the 13 colonies from Great Britain.

Some exhibits and events are already underway in Providence and Newport to mark the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.