The National Archives is celebrating the 250th anniversary of the United States by transporting founding documents to major museums nationwide through the Freedom Plain National Archives tour. The traveling exhibit is transporting nine original founding documents to eight U.S. cities.

Founding Documents on Display

The nine original, historic documents from the National Archives, traveling together for the first time in history, include the Articles of Association, the Treaty of Paris, and the U.S. Constitution. The documents are being transported by a Boeing 737, inspired by the Bicentennial Freedom Train, which brought historic documents to Americans in 48 states from 1975 to 1976.

The first stop was Kansas City, Missouri, where Americans stood in lines for several hours waiting to see the documents. The second was Atlanta, where lines reached as long as six hours. The third stop was Los Angeles, followed by Houston, where lines averaged roughly one hour. The next stop is the Museum of Miami, where the documents will be on display from June 20 through July 5.

The final stops will be at the Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation in Dearborn, Michigan from July 9 through July 26, and the Museum of History and Industry in Seattle from July 30 through August 16. The National Archives hopes to bring the exhibition to the American people to celebrate the U.S. Semi-Quincentennial and to preserve our American history for another 250 years.

Original reporting: Clark County Today (Vancouver WA) — read the source article.