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 THE INDEPENDENCE HALL (2001) by matcrazy1
I had to think over how could it happen that the American Revolution eventually succeded. The fifty-four men who composed the First Continental Congress had to have quite different interests, were of different religions and traditions, and from various regions. They hat to hold conflicting opinions as to how best restore their rights, I guess. Most did not know each other; some did not like each other, I am sure. With no history of successful cooperation, they struggled to overcome their differences and, without any way of knowing if the future held success or nooses for them all, they started down a long and perilous road toward independence.
Haha, it reminds me a bit not so old history of my own country, Poland, which regained independance from the Soviet Union in 1989 as the first ever country who managed to do it after so called the Polish Round Table Talks.
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 THE FOUR "REBELS" AT
WORK. WHERE WAS THE KING? by matcrazy1
In the picture there are four guys, all dangerous rebels for the King George III and Great Britain:
1. Thomas Jefferson, 33 years old (later the third President of the United States in 1801 - 1809)
2. Richard Henry Lee, 41 years old (later President of the Continental Congress in 1784 - 1785)
3. Francis Lightfoot Lee, 39 years old, brother of that above rebel (later a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence)
4. Patrick Henry, 36 years old (total rebel, probably too radical to become US president later, read his crazy speech "Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death" given March 23, 1775 at St. John's Church in Richmond, Virginia)
They met in 1773 to establish the Committee of Correspondence, a body organized for the purposes of coordinating written communication outside of the colony. In 1773 the Virginia House of Burgesses ( the lower house of the Colony of Virginia and the first elected legislative assembly in the New World) committee wisely recommended to the other colonial assemblies that permanent committees should be formed. Wise guys knew well: first effective communication among "rebels" in all, distant colonies.
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 ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN US BILL
OF RIGHTS by matcrazy1
The document enumerates rights guaranteed to citizens based on explicit limitations on the powers of the Federal government. The Bill of Rights prevents Congress from abridging freedom of assembly, freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom of religious worship, and the right to bear arms. It also protects personal and property rights by preventing unreasonable seizure and search, cruel and unusual punishment, and guarantees due process of law with a speedy public trial and an impartial jury. Leave a Comment
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 Democracy Starts Here by 807Wheaton
When we were there they had The Magna Carta on display. I have seen the Magna Carta at Salisbury Cathedral in England.
Here you can research records that are helpful for genealogy reserach and research about parts of our country in general. Leave a Comment
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 The original Bill of
Rights is displayed here. by MDH
Visitors to the National Archives have a chance to view the Charters of Freedom (the Declaration of Independence, the Bill of Rights, and the first pages of the American Constitution): all of them being nearly 230 years old. If you're wondering why they look green, it's not your eyes fooling you. Protective gasses in the protection glass helps maintain a stable atmosphere for the documents, which recieved considerable damage in the 19th century because of poor preservation techniques.
Also available at the National Archives is one of the few copies of the Magna Carta known to exist. This copy, written in Latin, dates back to 1297, and is signed by Edward I (Longshanks), and is one of the direct descendants of modern governmental law binding a ruler to an assembly. Strangely, the Magna Carta is in much better shape than any the three Charters of Freedom, even though it's five hundred years older!
Tours can be arranged with the National Archives to view other materials off limits to the drop-in visitor. Check out the National Archives' excellent website for more information. Leave a Comment
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 The Facade by mattreider
They are somehow digging out underneath this huge marble edifice to stick a vault in so that these documents can be lowered into them in case of nuclear attack. If there is a nuclear attack, I doubt "where is the Constitution?" will be my first concern. However, we need to spend all that tax money on something.
There is a large fountain in front of the National Archive, sort of sandwiched between a few museums. It is full of statues, and has a little cafe behind an actual stolen Parisian metropolitan entrance. Okay, so maybe it wasn't stolen.
Either way, there are various spray jets around the fountain that sort of shoot in the air towards the middle. They are attached to a clock, so that every five minutes or so they land closer together. It's sort of fun to just sit here and cool off, as the jets of water tend to bring down the ambient temperature. There are plenty of benches around for this purpose. Leave a Comment
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