A unique traveling exhibit, the “Documents That Forged a Nation,” is coming to Denver May 28 through June 14. Celebrating America’s 250th anniversary, the National Archives and Records Administration is sharing a collection of America’s original founding-era documents. Inspired by the Bicentennial Freedom Train of 50 years ago, the exhibit travels aboard the Freedom Plane, a specially outfitted Boeing 737, which took flight in early March. The documents have never before traveled together outside of Washington, D.C.
History Colorado Center is one of only eight museums nationwide hosting this special exhibit. A signature initiative of the America 250 – Colorado 150 Commission, partnered with History Colorado, the exhibit is free and open to the public. It includes:
Original engraving of the Declaration of Independence, 1823. This is one of fewer than 50 known engraved copies of the Declaration of Independence. John Quincy Adams commissioned the engraving, which captured the size, text, lettering, and signatures of the original document…