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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1987
Page
7
The article notes the original Constitution is kept in the National Archives in Washington D C An archive stores records in a building famed for 72 columns and the world’s largest brass doors The Mountain (The Mtn) is mentioned as context
The first page starts with We the People and the four pages cover the preamble and text. Signatures appear on page four. A fifth page contains a resolution from the convention sending the Constitution to Congress.
The hall features a half circle marble exhibit area with a large painting on each side and quiet visitors. No flash photography is allowed as two pages of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights are shown in cases with the Declaration above. Pages are parchment in airtight helium vessels protected by special glass and lowered nightly to a 55 ton concrete vault 22 feet below. The display uses an electric jack with back-up batteries.
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