On this day in 1776, the Declaration of Independence was signed in Philadelphia. David Muir is in the room where it all happened – and sees the first draft of the U.S. Constitution.
Sunlight and abuse have taken a toll on the document, encased in bulletproof glass. But the Trump administration “hasn’t put much emphasis on it,” a former archivist notes.
It wasn’t Thomas Jefferson who made “All men are created equal” actually mean something.
The Emancipation Proclamation and the 19th Amendment have been added to the Archives’s rotunda, the first permanent changes there in nearly 75 years.
The Freedom Plane National Tour kicks off Monday with a stop in Kansas City, Missouri, bringing seven of the country’s most important historical documents to eight cities. NewsNation anchor Connell McShane joins "NewsNation Live" to break down this first-of-its-kind journey. Get a fast-paced look at the latest from the border to Main Street to the White House on "NewsNation Live" with Connell McShane. Weekdays starting at 3p/2C. NewsNation is your source for fact-based, unbiased news for all Americans.