What does “We the people” mean to you? What does it mean in Virginia? The Virginia Museum of History & Culture in Richmond explores that question by celebrating the stories of those who make the Commonwealth their home.
The preamble to the American Constitution proclaims: “We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.”
The year 2026 marks the nation’s 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Exhibitions and events throughout the nation have been tailored to illuminate the founding and the 250 years between. One of the ways the Virginia Museum of History & Culture is marking the semiquincentennial is with the exhibition “We the People: The World in Our Commonwealth.”…