history, document that was approved by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, and that announced the separation of 13 North American British colonies from Great Britain. A $3 million camera and computerized system monitor the condition of the Declaration of Independence, Constitution, and Bill of Rights.ĭeclaration of Independence, in U.S. Today it is held in an upright case constructed of ballistically tested glass and plastic laminate. In the 1920s the Declaration of Independence was enclosed in a frame of gold-plated bronze doors and covered with double-paned plate glass with gelatin films between the plates to block harmful light rays.
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