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By S.A. BOARD
Rappahannock New* Contributing Writer
As another project in the celebration of the Bicentennial of the Constitution, 36 members and friends of the Culpeper Minute Men Chapter, National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution, journeyed to Washington recently to tour the National Archives and the DAR Museum.
At the Archives (which too few people know aboiit), an hour and a half tour had been arranged. Docents, or guides, explained how all of the important government documents had been brought together in this building from all over Washington. The building was completed in 1937. The Declaration of Independence and the Constitution were installed in the Rotunda in 1952 and the Bill of Rights in 1938. All military records, pension records and other important papers have been microfilmed, and are available for people to look at, study or copy.
A movie was shown telling the history of the Archives. An interesting feature of the tour was the circular poster gallery, which shows posters from all of the wars, selling war bonds, information about food rationing in WW II, children’s gardens in WW I, and many other interesting items. The group was told
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