Live Video (6:30 p.m. ET tonight): Special preview of new Constituting Liberty exhibit
Join us for a live video event tonight featuring National Constitution Center president Jeffrey Rosen and some very special guests in a special preview of our new gallery featuring one of the 12 surviving copies of the Bill of Rights.
The exhibit, “Constituting Liberty: From The Declaration To The Bill Of Rights,” will be presented in the new George H.W. Bush Gallery later this year. But you can have an advance look at the exhibit as we webcast a live ceremony on Monday, October 27, 2014 at 6:30 p.m. ET.
Note: This is a private event and not open to the general public.
For three years through December 2017, the gallery will host “Constituting Liberty: From the Declaration to the Bill of Rights,” an exhibition that will feature rare copies of America’s three founding documents. The exhibition will display a first edition Stone Engraving of the Declaration of Independence, a copy of the first public printing of the U.S. Constitution, and an original Bill of Rights—one of 12 surviving copies sent to the states by President George Washington in 1789. All three documents will be on display for guests to view at the gallery and exhibition preview. This particular copy of the Bill of Rights was acquired by The New York Public Library in 1896. Through an historic agreement between The Library and Pennsylvania, the document will be alternatively displayed to the public in both New York and Pennsylvania for the next 100 years.
Scheduled guests include Supreme Court Associate Justice Samuel Alito: National Constitution Center chairman Jeb Bush: Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett: Anthony W. Marx, president and CEO of The New York Public Library; and David M. Rubenstein, the co-founder and co-chief executive officer of the Washington, D.C.-based private equity firm The Carlyle Group.
To watch the live video, click on the following link: http://fora.tv/event/bill_of_rights_gallery_opening/watchlive
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