A Major Exhibit Honoring America’s 250th Anniversary, Featuring Original Documents that Created, and Continue to Create, the United States of America.
What is The Promise of Liberty?
In 2026 the Promise of Liberty exhibit will bring together original documents and artifacts that showcase the words that created, and continue to create, the United States of America. In addition to the Declaration, Constitution, and Bill of Rights, we consider our Founding documents to include amendments abolishing slavery, providing equal protection of the law, expanding voting rights and more.
Offering a unique blend of authentic history and new tools for engagement, the tour is intent on cutting across partisan divides to inspire current and future citizens to construct a better democracy and a stronger civil society.
Selected Highlights
Paul Revere’s Boston Massacre Print, 1770
The Declaration of Independence
Washington’s Vision of Inclusiveness: “to bigotry no sanction, to persecution no assistance”
The United States Constitution—a Declaration of Interdependence
Washington’s First Presidential Thanksgiving Proclamation
Frederick Douglass on Liberty
Martin Luther King, Jr.: March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom Speech
“Watch Her Grow”
Franklin D. Roosevelt’s 1941 State of Union—the “Four Freedoms”
The Emancipation Proclamation
Get Involved with The Promise of Liberty
Engaging present and future generations to work together to continue the American Constitutional Experiment, invest now in America’s future.
To launch as soon as possible, we are seeking National Underwriters and Lead Sponsors. We will soon be ready for broader participation, and welcome indications of interest.
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