The 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence will be celebrated across five evenings with a lecture series at 5:30 p.m. from Sunday, March 15 to 19th. The topics celebrate the theme of the debt the revolutionary generation paid to antiquity. Guest speakers will be from across the state and the Ball State University faculty. Events will be on the campus of Ball State University and the Kennedy Library. On Sunday the events start in the Burkhardt Building Room 221, on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday they will be in the Ball State University Library room 104, and on Thursday the event will conclude at the Kennedy Library. Call 765-285-8700 for more information. This program is sponsored by the Ball State University Departments of History and Political Science.