(Portland, OR) -- Oregon will join communities across the country tomorrow to read the Declaration of Independence all at the same time. The nationwide effort in honor of America's 250th anniversary will span 95-hundred miles and nine time zones. At 3 p.m. in the Oregon Historical Society's research library, 12 people will read the Declaration of Independence. They include Meagan Flynn, the Chief Justice, Oregon Supreme Court; former Oregon Governor Ted Kulongoski; and Tobias Read, Oregon's Secretary of State.