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mahatmakanejeeves

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4. From the National Archives:

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Thu Dec 15, 2022, 03:11 PM

Dec 2022

Bill of Rights Day, December 15

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The video at this link shows the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence loaded in an armored truck at the Library of Congress, taken to the National Archives Building in a procession, and carried up the building's steps on December 13, 1952. Two days later, on Bill of Rights Day, President Harry Truman and Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson speak on the importance of the document in a ceremony at the National Archives.

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On December 15, 1952, the Dec. of Independence and the Constitution were unveiled at the Archives. [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2022 OP

On this day, December 15, 1952, Truman unveiled some old documents at their new home. mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2022 #1

Transfer of the Constitution and Declaration of Independence to the National Archives (1952) mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2022 #2

The Constitution -- A Moveable Feast mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2022 #3

From the National Archives: mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2022 #4

The importance cannot be overstated. Thank you! discntnt_irny_srcsm Dec 2022 #5