CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (CVILLE RIGHT NOW) – UVA is moving its original copy of the Declaration of Independence for display in the Rotunda Dome Room for Presidents Day on Monday.
The historic document is usually displayed in the Small Special Collections Library in the Harrison/Small Building next to Shannon Library as part of a display titled “Declaring Independence.”
UVA Spokesperson Bethanie Glover told Cville Right Now this copy was purchased by the university for $4000 back in 1956, a year after it was discovered by someone rummaging through an attic in Albany, N.Y. wrapped around a bundle of documents…