March 27 - April 12
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Freedom Plane National Tour: Documents That
Forged a Nation is a traveling exhibition that will bring
Founding-era documents to eight American cities throughout 2026.
Inspired by the Bicentennial Freedom Train, the Freedom
Plane National Tour will make historic and consequential
documents fundamental to America’s founding accessible
across the nation to celebrate the semiquincentennial. The
tour will kick off in March and run through August 2026.
The Freedom Plane National Tour is made possible in part by the National Archives Foundation, through the generous support of The Boeing Company, Comcast Corporation, Microsoft, and P&G.
Exhibition Highlights
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Articles of Association, 1774
Signed by all 53 delegates, the Articles of Association urged colonists to boycott British goods and was the Continental Congress’s first major unified act of resistance against Britain.
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George Washington’s, Alexander Hamilton’s, and Aaron Burr’s Oaths of Allegiance, 1778
Oaths of Allegiance that all officers of the Continental Army signed during the Revolutionary War.
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Secret Printing of the Constitution in Draft Form, 1787
A rare copy of the U.S. Constitution in draft form, with the delegate’s handwritten notes made during the Constitutional Convention in 1787.
Tour Stops
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National WWI Museum and
MemorialFri, March 6 – Sun, March 22
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Atlanta
Atlanta History Center
Fri, March 27 – Sun, April 12
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USC Fisher Art Gallery
Fri, April 17 – Sun, May 3
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Houston Museum of Natural
ScienceFri, May 8 – Mon, May 25
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History Colorado
Fri, May 29 – Sun, June 14
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HistoryMiami Museum
Thurs, June 18 – Sun, July 5
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Henry Ford Museum of
American InnovationThurs, July 9 – Sun, July 26
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Museum of History and
IndustryThurs, July 30 – Sun, Aug 16