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mahatmakanejeeves

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1. On this day, December 15, 1952, Truman unveiled some old documents at their new home.

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Tue Dec 15, 2020, 10:32 AM

Dec 2020

I've had some earlier threads about this. The Declaration of Independence and the Constitution were at the Library of Congress for several years after the war. I learned this from the Judy Holliday movie, "Born Yesterday." I don't know about the whereabouts of the Bill of Rights.

President Harry Truman today 1952 unveiled the Declaration of Independence, Constitution and Bill of Rights (ratified today 1791), on permanent display at
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