This summer from May 26 – July 9, a Dunlap Broadside, as well as the two draft copies of the U.S. Constitution will be on loan at the DAR Museum from the American Independence Museum in Exeter, NH as part of our current exhibition, Remembering the American Revolution: 1776-1890.
On the night of July 4, 1776, Philadelphia printer John Dunlap produced about 200 copies of the newly adopted Declaration of Independence. Today, only 26 of these Dunlap Broadsides survive, and one will be on display at the DAR Museum for a limited time.
Also on loan will be two early drafts of the U.S. Constitution with hand written notes made in the margins. One is a copy of the very first draft of what later became the Constitution and this document was then submitted to the rest of the Convention. The other draft was a later version with other edits incorporated.
Explore this online exhibition to learn more about these documents and their signers and plan to visit the DAR Museum this summer to see the documents in person!