“The Spirit of 1776” was a red, white and blue train that travelled across the U.S. in the 1940s offering the opportunity for Americans to see historic documents they might not have had access to otherwise.
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| Drawing of Freedom Train Interior Photo Credit |
It held some of the most important artifacts in possession of the United States, including: The Emancipation Proclamation, the flag that was used in the famous Iwo Jima photograph, the Declaration of Independence, the Gettysburg Address, a letter from Christopher Columbus and George Washington’s original copy of the Constitution.
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