National Archives
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Location: 700 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington, DC 20408 |
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- Established in 1934 to protect government documents
- Home of the Declaration of Independence, Bill of Rights, and the Constitution
- Also houses the Emancipation Proclamation, the Lousiana Purchase, and other historical American artifacts
- In the event of a nuclear attack the Declaration of Independence, Bill of Rights, and the Constitution automatically lower into a protective chamber
- The video is dark because they do not allow much lighting in the archives to protect the documents
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