BIG - Celebrating the 75th Anniversary of the National Archives March 13, 2009
Constitution Avenue, NW - Between 7th & 9th Streets
Washington, District of Columbia
Washington, District of Columbia
To celebrate a big anniversary - our 75th - the National Archives presents an exhibition featuring big records, big events, and big ideas. BIG - Celebrating the 75th Anniversary of the National Archives opens on March 13, 2009, in the Lawrence F. O'Brien Gallery, and will remain on display through January 3, 2010. "BIG" features John Russel Pope's competition proposal for a monument to Lincoln, and a photo of Lincoln at Gettysburg the day he delivered the Gettysburg Address. The photo is included with a map of Gettysburg that measures roughly 13' x 13'.
Metrorail: Archives-Navy Memorial-Penn, Metrobus: 13A, 13G, X1, 13B, 13F
Official Website: http://www.archives.gov/nae
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