Freedom Plane National Tour: Experience US History Firsthand

Experience consequential and original 18th and 19th century documents fundamental to America’s founding at major museums in eight US cities throughout 2026 as part of celebrating America’s 250th Anniversary (the semiquincentennial).

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Beginning in March 2026 and running through August 2026, the Freedom Plane National Tour: Documents That Forged a Nation will include the Treaty of Paris (1783) and the Secret Printing of the Constitution in Draft Form (1787).

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All the documents are traveling together for the first time ever, journeying aboard The Freedom Plane, with generous support from The Boeing Company. The exhibition is free and open to the public at all eight venues. To secure tickets, visit the individual museum websites or contact the museums directly.

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The Freedom Plane National Tour: Documents That Forged a Nation exhibition will visit the following cities:

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The tour is organized by the National Archives and Records Administration, in partnership with the National Archives Foundation.

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The founding documents on tour include:

  • Original Engraving of the Declaration of Independence, 1823: One of only about 50 known engraved copies of the Declaration of Independence, printed from a copperplate of the original. Commissioned by John Quincy Adams and made by engraver William J. Stone, the engraving captured the size, text, lettering, and signatures of the original document (on loan from David M. Rubenstein).
  • Articles of Association, 1774: Signed by all 53 delegates, the Articles of Association urged colonists to boycott British goods and was the Continental Congress’s first major unified act of resistance against Britain.
  • George Washington’s, Alexander Hamilton’s, and Aaron Burr’s Oaths of Allegiance, 1778: Oaths of Allegiance that all officers of the Continental Army signed during the Revolutionary War.
  • Treaty of Paris, 1783: Signed by John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, and John Jay, this Treaty with Great Britain formally recognized the United States as an independent nation.
  • Secret Printing of the Constitution in Draft Form, 1787: A rare copy of the US Constitution in draft form, with the delegate’s handwritten notes made during the Constitutional Convention in 1787.
  • Tally of Votes Approving the Constitution, 1787: The voting records of the Constitutional Convention reflecting the debates, resolutions, and eventual vote on the final text that would become the Constitution.

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The following livestreamed National Archives press briefing announcing the Freedom Plane National Tour was held January 20, 2026:

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