Show 77 4 4 J THE SPIRIT OF 1776 the freedom train which Is making j tour toor ot of the nation with historic documents that are the found 4 tion stones of our conr liberties is shown in philadelphia at the start of the yearlong year long iong trip two members of the trains marine corps buarl gua stand beside the locomotive in the background Is philadelphian Phila delphias city hall surmounted by a statue of william penn SHRINE ON WHEELS t u freedom train unfolds unfold S stor ideala of nations democratic ideal features 9 history is rolling across america in the form of the fri dom train the moving symbol of the nations year of redi to the ideals and practices of democracy from PI adelphia universally conceded to be the cradle of am ican liberty the freedom train has embarked on a mile yearlong year long tour during which it will visit more than Z communities in all of the 48 states an integral phase of the year rededication which is designed as a broad educational program to emphasize the blessings of the common american heritage of liberty for every individual citizen the freedom train will bring precious documents recording that freedom to the attention of millions 0 of f americans ranging from the first printed references to christopher columbus discovery of america in 1492 to the charter of the united nations approved in 1945 the documents unfold a story covering epochal years in world history more than original copies of such historical manuscripts as the constitution the bill of rights the declaration ot of independence and the emancipation proclamation are included in the national shrine on wheels each document ts Is placed in a plastic envelope fitted to the individual book or sheet the envelope is waterproof fire fireproof poof and shatterproof manufacturers claim the material Is so strong that it would require a pound hall ball traveling at 50 miles an hour to pierce the surface the covered documents are placed in cases of steel plate covered by special shatterproof double glass sheets the glass is treated to discourage ultraviolet ultra violet ray penetration as the rays are harmful to the old and fragile paper of many of the old documents protective measures every object in the seven coach train with exception of the documents is fireproof through installation of a special fire extinguishing system employing carbon dioxide thirty six marines including many war veterans will guard the display day and night named the spirit of 1776 and sporting a brilliant red white and blue color scheme the freedom train will be a conspicuous exhibit containing items of american memorabilia the documents included in the freedom train display have been termed athe the outstanding collection of original american papers ever assembled in one exhibit the american heritage of freedom and free institutions is typified by such documents as the english bill of rights the declaration of independence jeffersons bill for religious freedom the draft of the constitution with annotations by george washington Lincol ns first draft of the emancipation proclamation and jeffersons letter on freedom of the press shown as a sequel to the declaration of independence Is a copy of the treaty of paris signed september 3 1783 in which great britain recognized the independence of the united states the treaty was signed tor for the united states by benjamin jan dri franklin john adams and john jay historically valuable farewell address Lincol ns draft of the gettysburg address papers of thomas jefferson franklin james madison andre drew w jackson and other leaders in the early days of the country add to the historical significance of the I 1 hibit 7 typical of the more glamorous pacts of the nations early his hibb c are a manuscript containing only known authoritative acco account fl the first raising of the flag bona fide log book of the tam faint frigate constitution better inq as old ironsides and jacks Jack letter to the secretary of war scribing the battle of new orle among the odd exhibits ajl I 1 benjamin franklins own e en li L I 1 in his own owa hand one of t ihor h most famous epitaphs in tl english language vi which ch 1 ali written out for samuel alo morn rt r and presented to him by pos richard on august 31 1716 1776 aa the original letter in ciamei siama from king of slam qa v fering to send a gift of elephant ri to president lincoln tn in 1861 included in the exhibits ut in k world war II 11 section are the ort 01 nal pencilled draft by gen gei geci marshall announcing appoint of gen dwight eisenhower Elsen hower to cl c mand the invasion of western rope the war departments brigl origl copy of the last radiogram senj general wainwright wright from corr corf dor the last part of which 5 garbled as communications vf broken off and admiral nin original report of the battle of 1 way surrender documents As evidence that freedom the original german render documents at rhea khe signed may 7 1945 and the iq lo 10 the missouri displayed at page covering the japanese sull sur der aboard the battleship in bay september 2 1945 are PU on display concluding the exhibit is a r T tion flags of freedom whick them clutes eludes such historic flags as the flag raised on mount bachl bachi by U S marines in the 4 1 sion of iwo jima |