This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Preservation bid for Declaration of Independence case
The National Archives plans to re encase the original Declaration of Independence due to deterioration from folding and light exposure. The project will also review the Constitution and Bill of Rights before their display cases are replaced. The Rotunda will close July 5 2001 for renovations, reopening in 2003, with a Fourth of July gala and musketeer demonstration planned.
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Washington
National Archives
Congress
National Archives and Records Administration
Norvell Jones
Jones
Continental Congress
John Adams
Thomas Jefferson
Benjamin Franklin
Roger Sherman
Robert R. Livingston
Jefferson
Adams
Franklin
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Princeton
N.J
New York
Leesburg
Fort Knox
Library of Congress
Scripps Howard News Service