Freedom Plane National Tour: Documents That Forged a Nation

About this episode

The episode features a discussion with curator Maureen MacDonald about the historic documents on display at the Houston Museum of Natural Science as part of the Freedom Plane National Tour.

The Freedom Plane National Tour is making its way across the United States and has landed in Houston, Texas. These 9 historic documents that helped forge our nation as we know it will be on display at the Houston Museum of Natural Science until May 25, 2026. We had the opportunity to have a delightful conversation about these documents with Freedom Plane National Tour curator, Maureen MacDonald. Enjoy! Articles of Association, 1774 - George Washington’s, Alexander Hamilton’s, and Aaron Burr’s Oaths of Allegiance, 1778 Declaration of Independence, 1823 (Original Stone Engraving) Treaty of Paris, 1783 - David Brearley’s Secret Printing of the Constitution, 1787 Voting Record of the Constitutional Convention, showing the final vote on the Constitution, 1787 The Bill of Rights - Senate Revisions to the House-passed Amendments to the Constitution, 1789 More info on documents https://www.hmns.org/exhibits/freedom-plane/?gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=21342191935&gbraid=0AAAAAoQUJ1h1CYThs3v8cxtzGG3UTzSXR&gclid=Cj0KCQjwiJvQBhCYARIsAMjts3LeE3BuDJKZlhFQN866K1udNtMzW1KmMJaZvYUJbSFXaW-HAOhnFaYaAj6JEALw_wcB The Freedom Plane National Tour is made possible in part by the National…

People in this episode

Guest: Maureen MacDonald

Topics covered

• historic documents
• American history
• national identity
• exhibits
• cultural heritage

Keywords

• Freedom Plane National Tour
• historic documents
• Houston Museum of Natural Science
• American history
• exhibit

Sponsors

Boeing Company, Comcast Corporation, Microsoft, P&G

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Freedom Plane National Tour, Houston Museum of Natural Science, National Archives Foundation, FedEx, Sarofim Foundation, Coca-Cola

Books & works: Articles of Association, Declaration of Independence, Treaty of Paris, Constitution, Bill of Rights

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