There are four originals of the 1297 Magna Carta, one of them is in Washington, D.C.‘s National Archives. Entry is free but photography is prohibited.
The modest downstairs gallery tells the troubled national history of how slaves built the Capitol and the White House, broken promises, the long-time disenfranchisement of tens of millions of American women, and their long journey to equal rights. The upstairs is where the Declaration of Independence, Bill of Rights, and Constitution reside. The emancipation proclamation makes a cameo appearance a few days a year.
Look up in the rotunda and you’ll be able to see Abraham Lincoln’s face on a wall mural depicting a time before his birth. The educational galleries do all the heavy lifting for you so you only need to see the three documents in the rotunda making an easy visit.
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