Actually she had the group of students recite together in a joking, know-it-all tone, before diving into her lecture on Ten Things to Know About the Declaration of Independence That Most People Don't Know. The bar association's event comes ahead of the 250th anniversary of the founding document and the establishment of the United States of America, which will be commemorated on July 4 of this year. Friday's event featured remarks from two United States District Court for the Southern District of New York judges, Magistrate Judge Katharine Huth Parker and Chief Judge Laura Taylor Swain.