Sip & Write

Who was the calligrapher for the 13th Amendment? View original historical documents currently on loan from the National Archives in Washington, DC. The workshop will include all materials needed to re-create lines from original historical documents. It will be led by in-house artist and public programs officer, Azalea Michel-Whitley, who has an undergraduate degree in fine arts from Kansas State University.

Light appetizers and non-alcoholic drinks will be served.

This program is free and open to the public. It is generally supported by the Truman Library Institute. Suitable for ages 12 and up.

What you will see:

1782 Original Design of the Great Seal of the United States

1783 Treaty of Paris Broadside

1789 Bill of Rights (Senate Revisions)

1803 Louisiana Purchase

1820 Missouri Compromise

1850 Compromise of 1850

1854 Kansas-Nebraska Act

1857 Dred Scott v. Sandford

1861 Telegram Announcing the Surrender of Fort Sumter

1918 Woodrow Wilson's 14 Points

1942 Manhattan Project Notebook

1945 Surrender of Germany

1948 Executive Order 9981

1954 Brown v. Board of Education

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