Welcome toheiol Constitution Center. Im jeffrey rosen, the president of this wonderful institution which as cspan viewers know, is the only institution in america chartered by congress to disseminate information about the u. S. Constitution on a non partizan basis. And today, i am so excited to show you a new gallery weve just opened american treasures, which contains the five rarest early drafts of the u. S. Constitution in american history, not even at the Constitutional Convention, where these five drafts displayed in the same place. And now, thanks to a Great Partnership with the Historical Society of pennsylvania and the wonderful full support of David Rubenstein, weve been able to open this gallery, display these drafts together, and tell the story of the evolution of the text of the constitution into the draft that was ratified on Constitution Day, september 17th, 1787. Its so exciting and i cant wait to show it to you. Lets go inside and come take a look. So in many ways, this
So elizabeth spalding, where are we . We are at the victims of Communism Museum in washington, d. C. On mcpherson square. And how did this museum come about . It came about because of a 30 year dream and Organization Called the of Communism Memorial Foundation, which was formed which was formed shortly after the fall of the berlin wall. And then it was this one will amuse you. It was authorized by a unanimous act of congress in 1993. And then into law by president bill clinton. And the purpose of it was to educate and more realize the history of communism. These would be the victims that it created. This grand holocaust that so many people didnt know about. And america had been so good about educating about the the holocaust. During World War Two of the , others. But people didnt understand there was this similar holocaust that created victims of communism. And so thats the initial impetus. But this took so long because initially the foundation was focused on building a memorial and th
So elizabeth spalding, where are we . We are at the victims of Communism Museum in washington, d. C. On mcpherson square. And how did this museum come about . It came about because of a 30 year dream and Organization Called the of Communism Memorial Foundation, which was formed which was formed shortly after the fall of the berlin wall. And then it was this one will amuse you. It was authorized by a unanimous act of congress in 1993. And then into law by president bill clinton. And the purpose of it was to educate and more realize the history of communism. These would be the victims that it created. This grand holocaust that so many people didnt know about. And america had been so good about educating about the the holocaust. During World War Two of the , others. But people didnt understand there was this similar holocaust that created victims of communism. And so thats the initial impetus. But this took so long because initially the foundation was focused on building a memorial and th
So elizabeth spalding, where are we . We are at the victims of Communism Museum in washington, d. C. On mcpherson square. And how did this museum come about . It came about because of a 30 year dream and Organization Called the of Communism Memorial Foundation, which was formed which was formed shortly after the fall of the berlin wall. And then it was this one will amuse you. It was authorized by a unanimous act of congress in 1993. And then into law by president bill clinton. And the purpose of it was to educate and more realize the history of communism. These would be the victims that it created. This grand holocaust that so many people didnt know about. And america had been so good about educating about the the holocaust. During World War Two of the , others. But people didnt understand there was this similar holocaust that created victims of communism. And so thats the initial impetus. But this took so long because initially the foundation was focused on building a memorial and th
So elizabeth spalding, where are we . We are at the victims of Communism Museum in washington, d. C. On mcpherson square. And how did this museum come about . It came about because of a 30 year dream and Organization Called the of Communism Memorial Foundation, which was formed which was formed shortly after the fall of the berlin wall. And then it was this one will amuse you. It was authorized by a unanimous act of congress in 1993. And then into law by president bill clinton. And the purpose of it was to educate and more realize the history of communism. These would be the victims that it created. This grand holocaust that so many people didnt know about. And america had been so good about educating about the the holocaust. During World War Two of the , others. But people didnt understand there was this similar holocaust that created victims of communism. And so thats the initial impetus. But this took so long because initially the foundation was focused on building a memorial and th