It was designed to display the bill of rights, and it opened in 1936. Only the bill of rights occupied the case. We had to wait until 1952 to bring all three founding documents together. The story of how the declaration and constitution came to the archives is the one we never tire of hearing. Now i would like to introduce jessie krantz, historian of the National Archives. She became the first historian in 2013. She was previously with [indiscernible] with the center for legislative archives and has been with the agency since 1999. Please welcome jessie krantz. [applause] jessie thank you, david. I am very happy that steve could be with us today during American Archives month to talk about his new book american treasures. It shows not only the important record created by other federal agencies but also the record that we as a National Archive has created ourselves. In writing his book, he discusses several different sets of records, but the nearest and dearest to my heart is that recor
This week on q and a, mr. Pulleo discusses his book. Steven pulleo, welcome. Whats that about . Who is harry neil . He was one of the Great Secret Service agents during the Second World War and later on during his career as a secret Service Agent he was responsible for transferring some of americas most priceless documents, the declaration of independence. This date was december 26th, 1941, the day after americas pearl harbor christmas. How did he get involved and why did they go to fort knox . The secret service gets involved when the library of Congress Needs help. Hes kind of responsible for these documents and he wants really the Top Law Enforcement Agency in the country at the time, the secret service, to help him with this move. Fort knox was chosen because it was americas most impenetratable location. It had been open several years prior. There had been lots of gold already transferred there. So the secretary of the treasury gives permission to use a portion of the deposit oer f
The Second World War and later on in his career as a secret service agent. He was responsible for transferring some of americas most priceless documents, declaration of independence, constitution, gettysburg address to fort knox in the aftermath of pearl harbor. So this date was to summer 26, 1941, the day after americas pearl harbor crisis. Mr. Lamb how did he get involved and why did they go to fort knox . Mr. Puleo the secret service gets involved when the library of Congress Needs help. He is kind of responsible for these documents and he wants the Top Law Enforcement Agency in the country at the time, the secret service to help him. Fort knox was chosen because it was americas most impenetrable location. It was the gold union depository, had been open several years prior with a lot of gold already transferred. And a so the secretary of the treasury gave permission to use a portion of the depository for these documents. Mr. Lamb which documents . Mr. Puleo the declaration of indepe
The Second World War and later on in his career as a secret service agent. He was responsible for transferring some of americas most priceless documents, declaration of independence, constitution, gettysburg address to fort knox in the aftermath of pearl harbor. So this date was to summer 26, 1941, the day after americas pearl harbor crisis. Mr. Lamb how did he get involved and why did they go to fort knox . Mr. Puleo the secret service gets involved when the library of Congress Needs help. He is kind of responsible for these documents and he wants the Top Law Enforcement Agency in the country at the time, the secret service to help him. Fort knox was chosen because it was americas most impenetrable location. It was the gold union depository, had been open several years prior with a lot of gold already transferred. And a so the secretary of the treasury gave permission to use a portion of the depository for these documents. Mr. Lamb which documents . Mr. Puleo the declaration of indepe
The Second World War and later on in his career as a secret service agent. He was responsible for transferring some of americas most priceless documents, declaration of independence, constitution, gettysburg address to fort knox in the aftermath of pearl harbor. So this date was to summer 26, 1941, the day after americas pearl harbor crisis. Mr. Lamb how did he get involved and why did they go to fort knox . Mr. Puleo the secret service gets involved when the library of Congress Needs help. He is kind of responsible for these documents and he wants the Top Law Enforcement Agency in the country at the time, the secret service to help him. Fort knox was chosen because it was americas most impenetrable location. It was the gold union depository, had been open several years prior with a lot of gold already transferred. And a so the secretary of the treasury gave permission to use a portion of the depository for these documents. Mr. Lamb which documents . Mr. Puleo the declaration of indepe