Founding Era Documents To Travel Country For First Time In History

“Americans across the country can bear witness to the people and principles that shaped our nation through the Freedom Plane National Tour,” said Senior Advisor to the Archivist of the United States Jim Byron. “There is no more noteworthy an occasion than America’s 250th birthday to share this history, to inspire our fellow Americans to champion our nation’s founding ideals into the future.”

Documents include:

• Original Engraving of the Declaration of Independence, 1823:
  One of only about 50 known engraved copies of the Declaration of
  Independence, printed from a copperplate of the original. Commissioned
  by John Quincy Adams and made by engraver William J. Stone, the
  engraving captured the size, text, lettering, and signatures of the
  original document (on loan from David M. Rubenstein).
• Articles of Association, 1774: Signed by all 53
  delegates, the Articles of Association urged colonists to boycott
  British goods and was the Continental Congress's first major unified act
  of resistance against Britain.
• George Washington’s, Alexander Hamilton’s, and Aaron Burr’s Oaths of Allegiance, 1778: Oaths of Allegiance that all officers of the Continental Army signed during the Revolutionary War.
• Treaty of Paris, 1783: Signed by John Adams,
  Benjamin Franklin, and John Jay, this Treaty with Great Britain formally
  recognized the United States as an independent nation.
• Secret Printing of the Constitution in Draft Form, 1787:
  A rare copy of the U.S. Constitution in draft form, with the delegate’s
  handwritten notes made during the Constitutional Convention in 1787.
• Tally of Votes Approving the Constitution, 1787:
  The voting records of the Constitutional Convention reflecting the
  debates, resolutions, and eventual vote on the final text that would
  become the Constitution.

• Kansas City, MO: National WWI Museum and Memorial: Friday, March 6 – Sunday, March 22
• Atlanta, GA: Atlanta History Center: Friday, March 27 – Sunday, April 12
• Los Angeles, CA: University of Southern California Fisher Museum of Art: Friday, April 17 – Sunday, May 3
• Houston, TX: Houston Museum of Natural Science: Friday, May 8 – Monday, May 25
• Denver, CO: History Colorado Center: Thursday, May 28 – Sunday, June 14
• Miami, FL: HistoryMiami Museum: Saturday, June 20 – Sunday, July 5
• Dearborn, MI: Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation: Thursday, July 9 – Sunday, July 26
• Seattle, WA: Museum of History & Industry (MOHAI): Thursday, July 30 – Sunday, August 16