Documents from the era of the founding of the U.S. are touring the nation this year in celebration of the nation’s 250th anniversary, including a stop in Dearborn.
The “Freedom Plane National Tour: Documents That Forged a Nation” exhibition will be on display at The Henry Ford museum from July 9-26 as part of an eight-city tour, courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration and the National Archives Foundation.
“Americans across the country can bear witness to the people and principles that shaped our nation through the Freedom Plane National Tour,” Jim Byron, senior advisor to the archivist of the United States, said in a statement. “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 featured in the exhibition include one of about 50 known engraved copies of the Declaration of Independence; the Articles of Association calling for a boycott British goods, the Continental Congress’s first major unified act of resistance against Britain; Oaths of Allegiance from George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, and Aaron Burr; the Treaty of Paris, which formally recognized the United States as an independent nation; a rare copy of the U.S. Constitution in draft form; and a tally of votes approving the constitution.
The exhibition is free and open to the public, but tickets must be reserved at thehenryford.org.