Photo: #Anthony Pena and his son Anthony Jr., take a look at the copy of the Declaration of Independence on a visit to the Minnesota History Center during Defenders of Democracy Day, a day open to veterans and their families.
Photo: #As seen through the bullet-proof glass in which it is always kept, this copy of the Declaration of Independence is in very good shape. All the words are legible, although at sometime in its history, it had been folded.
Photo: #This copy of the Declaration of Independence, known as the Dunlap Broadside, is on display under glass at the Minnesota History Center. John Dunlap of Philadelphia printed a run of official copies on the evening of July 4, 1776. This is one of the 25 which survive to this day. It was discovered by a Boston man in a frame he bought for $4 in 1989. More recently, TV producer Norman Lear bought it for $8 million.
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Anthony Pena and his son Anthony Jr., take a look at the copy of the Declaration of Independence on a visit to the Minnesota History Center during Defenders of Democracy Day, a day open to veterans and their families. (MPR Photo/Tom Crann)
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Minnesota Arrival

Thousands venture to see the Declaration of Independence

by Tom Crann, Minnesota Public Radio
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St. Paul, Minn. — History lovers and school children have been taking part in another aspect of Minnesota's statehood celebration over the past week.

Thousands of people have filed past an original copy of the Declaration of Independence on display at the Minnesota History Center in St. Paul. It's there through this week.

Tom Crann took a look at the Declaration this morning with the Minnesota Historical Society's Acquisitions Coordinator Lori Williamson.

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