in full swing. our contractor has finished pouring the foundations for the building, and will start putting up steel in another month. we are right on schedule to open the museum in early 2017. and that was the first of a two-part look at the collections of the museum of the american revolution. in part two, we will see a part of george washington s tent from the revolutionary war. up next on american history tv, a panel discusses the textual tradition of the declaration of independence. including how it reflects the times in which it was written and the newer reproductions that followed the original. panelists include a historic document dealer and the editor of the papers of thomas jefferson. among the questions they examine is how punctuation influences how the declaration is read and interpreted. the national archives hosted this event. it is about 90 minutes. and how later generations interpreted the declaration. this is 2 hours and 45 minutes. good morpning, every
oversee the creation of these exhibits. he is a ph.d historian in the american revolution. at the same time, he has been a screenwriter for historical productions and he s created exhibits. so, he s deeply experienced, not just in the history and meaning of the revolution but the material culture, the objects, artifacts, the equipment that were used to bring about the revolution. scott: so, i pulled together a selection of objects from the collection. to give you some of the highlights and also give you an indication of the big storyline we are telling in the museum. the first gallery that you will come into is going to take visitors back to the end of the french and indian war, about 1763. there is a new british monarch the first british foreign in the 18th century, george iii. he is young, very vibrant. he considers himself to be a real patriot king. americans of the future revolutionary generation are extremely patriotic. they have just disappeared in one of the most drama
second sentence of the declaration of independence. we hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are crated equal, they are endowed by their crater with certain unalienable rights. among these are life, liberty and the bridges of happiness. the pursuit of happiness. uit of happiness. governments are instituted among men. whenever any form of government becomes detruktive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it and institute new government, laying its f i expect that all of you are not surprised by how long the sentence is. but as i have gone around the country talking about the declaration over and over again people have expressed surprise at just how long the sentence is. it is important to recognize that there are two moment happiness appears in the sentence. we are talking about individual rights and down at the end of the sentence when we come to the people s responsibility for organizing government in such form, as to them shall seem
declaration of independence. how the document was written, revised and edited, and how later generations interpreted the declaration. this is 2 hours and 45 minutes. good morpning, everybody. it s a pleasure to be here. thank you so much for joining us. i want to start by thanking our hosts, the archives. it s been extraordinary, the way they ve jumped into supporting my effort to bring more attention to the question of how we read the declaration of independence and how we think about the diversity of the declarations textual tradition. we are punctuating happyinesshappiness. we re focused on the second sentence intently of the declaration of independence. i m going to re-introduce the second sentence to you and invite my panelists to expand. we ll each speak for 12 minutes, leaving time for questions from all of you. i understand we may also have some questions coming in over e-mail or twitter, possibly. i m not sure exactly how that works. i imagine somebody will. that l
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