Want to check out the Bill of Rights in person this Tuesday, on Bill of Rights Day, December 15? Here is your chance to do it at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia.
Constituting Liberty: From the Declaration to the Bill of Rights is an exhibition featuring a rare, original copy of the U.S. Constitution’s Bill of Rights—one of 12 surviving copies sent to the states by President George Washington in 1789.
The Bill of Rights is on display until 2017 in the Center’s new George H.W. Bush Gallery, along with a first edition Stone Engraving of the Declaration of Independence and the first public printing of the U .S. Constitution. This is the first time these three founding documents have been on display together at the National Constitution Center, a national center for debate and education located on Independence Mall in Philadelphia.
This particular copy of the Bill of Rights was acquired by The New York Public Library in 1896. Through a historic agreement between the Library and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the document will be displayed on a rotating basis to the public in both New York and Pennsylvania for the next 100 years.
If you are in the Philadelphia area on December 15, we also have $5 admission courtesy of Macy's.
For more information about the exhibition, go to our main website's home page.
