It was a decade before that shot heard around the world. Museum is inside the its president and ceo, Michael Quinn. Thank you for being with us. Thank you for allowing cspan into the museum. It is a pleasure to be with you. Youre welcome any time, as is anyone watching. Is, howening question did this project come about and why . It came about out of the decision that we needed to reserve and tell the story of americas founding, not just as a series of events, but as people who actually achieved it, who thought up these ideals of equality and liberty and selfgovernment. And then how that spread and inspired a nation to achieve it. It is the most important event in our nations history. It not only gave birth to our nation, but it gave us the values that made us a people. So it is more than just artifacts . It is far more than artifacts. One of the more comprehensive collections of artifacts of the revolution that has probably ever been assembled. How did these people who were citizens of
Quinn. Thanks for being with us and for allowing cspan inside the museum. Its a pleasure to be with you and were honored to have o cspan in the museum. You with are welcome anytime as is anybody watching. We were there for Opening Night of the museum. W but my opening question is how this project came about and why. Well it came about out of a decision that we need to preserve and tell the story of americas founding. S tu and not just as a series of events, but as people who actually achieved it, who fought off these soaring ideals of equality and how that inspired a nation, people in our nation to achieve it. It is the most important event in our nations history. It not only gave birth to our nation but it really gave us the values that make us a people. Everything that we cherish and hold dear. So its more than just e artifacts . Its more more than artifacts. Our museum is founded on artifacts. In fact when you come to the en museum you will see one of the more comprehensive collecti
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