The Atlanta History Center, a Stroll Historic Brookhaven sponsor, was one of eight sites across the country chosen to host the Freedom Plane National Tour: Documents that Forged a Nation. The Freedom Plane, which was inspired by the 1976 Bicentennial Freedom Train, brought founding-era documents from the National Archives in Washington, DC, to the museum’s Buckhead campus.

 

The exhibit kicked off Thursday evening, March 26, with a question-and-answer session with Patrick Madden, CEO of the National Archives Foundation. “In this special year, we hope the American public has time to reflect,” Patrick noted. “The documents are not political. We hope people will [be inspired to] ask what they can do for their community.”

 

The documents included: an original engraving of the Declaration of Independence from 1823; 1774 Articles of Association which urged colonists to boycott British goods; Oaths of Allegiance to the United States signed by George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, and Aaron Burr; the Treaty of Paris, which recognized the United States as an independent nation; a draft of the Constitution; and voting records from the 1787 Constitutional Congress.

 

While the exhibit left Atlanta for Los Angeles on April 13, it will be on exhibit and traveling until August 16. Visit https://freedomplane.org/ for other locations and more information.

 

This month, you can still see the Our War Too: Women in War exhibit at the Buckhead campus, as well as permanent exhibits such as Fair Play: The Bobby Jones Story, Shaping an Olympic and Paralympic City, and the Cyclorama. Visit www.atlantahistorycenter.com.