Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 28 July 1948 — Page 32

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Of U. S. Independence’:

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Statement on Train

Jefferson's Manuscript Regarded as One of Greatest Documents of Mankind

What ranks as one of the greatest statements of mankind — the Declaration of Independence—is aboard the Freedom Train, Easily among the most distinguished of the more than 100 historic doeuments exhibited is the original manuscript of Jefferson's rough draft of the Declaration of Independence. : It was lent by the Library of Congress, and the copy of the

Declaration which was attested by Benjamin Franklin and Silas|

Deane, and then sent to Frederick —— the Great of Prussia in 1777. It ence in August, 1776, to Benjamin was lent by Dr. A. 8. W. Rosen- Franklin and Silas Deane, who bach. {were in Paris as Commissioners Stormy Event | Plenipotentiary of the United y States. The Continental Congress’, adoption of the Declaration’s| Foreign Office measures was a stormy event—| Thé Secret Committee on Corng the years of war and respondence was the beginning of

cans. 16s slogan is “Freedom IS tion shortly after a stateme y\Paziaye. piogram, This YA Organized on a voluntary, non-/ "84 BY the United States Attor-|tremendous promotional drive non-profit basis. the Dey General, Thomas Clark, injusing all media will, in turp, be

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Foundation is as democratic as which he voiced deep concern/Supplemented by 300 “Top repre Sear ee Si Shao Top representatives of industry, post-war , cynaeism, TR Set

education, religion, fra-phigotry and indifference within {ternal and mass communications tne country. groups comprise its Board of At an unprecedented meeting Tit Trustees and co-operating agen" of private citizens held in May,| CE cies. {1947, in the White House, detailed . uring Together, these men and women ni. ng of the Foundation's pro- dom Train's stay by the Indianare authorized to speak for great am were presented. masses of citizens who have re- : | Officers Listed solved, through these leaders, | that the uncertainty and confu-| The following persons serve as an emergency truck hospital. sion of present times shall not officers: Winthrop W. Aldrich,| The combine to threaten the precious chairman of the board of trus-jofficial cars to transport the heritage of the nation. tees; William Green, Robert G./train’s Marine guards to IndianSparked by Statement Sproul and Philip Murray, vice apolis restaurants. The Marines This resolution has evinced it- chairmen; Thomas D’'A. Brophy,/sleep aboard the train but they

haraship that followed its pro- an American foreign office. It mulgation. { On July 22, 1776, the Congress maintained foreign contacts took up the Declaration for de- through several agents in Europe. bate, following approval of Rich-/It was the Committee's purpose, ard Henry Lee's resolution for/in sending this copy of the Decindependence. For the remainder laration to Frederick the Great of that day and most of the two of Prussia, to gain Prussian recfollowing days, bitter debate Key-'ognition of American independnoted the proceedings—most of ence and establish commercial rethe objections centering upon the lations with that country. text of the draft which was|

largely the work of the then 33-year-old Thomas Jefferson. Traffic Planned ‘For Freedom Train

Police and National Guard will handle traffic to the Fairgrounds

Jdefierson Squirms The young Virginian, known tol fellow delegates as “a writer and a man of learning,” squirmed i hibit and twisted ir his seat as some for ‘the Freedom vain ey

of his lines were amended. others under a. plan similar 10 the” Sys: deleted and, in some cases, as em used tor the 500-Mile. Speedadditional lines were added. : The original of this draft 1s! Under the direction of City on exhibit on the Freedom Train, Police Clrief Edward Rouls, city Jt contains all the changes made and state police and the National from its inception to its presen- Guard will work together to keep tation to Congress. the’ flow of motorists and pedesToward the close of day, on trians moving’ to. nd from the July 4, the debate in Congress Fairgrounds. finally ended and the amended! _-.- report adopted. Thus was brought | into being the Declaration of

Independence of the United States, Sir: * «the people in, of America. this town should know Copies Printed 3 d During the night of July 4 the truth... an

and the morning of July 5, the, document was printed by John Dunlap, a Philadelphia printer and newspaper editor. Bearing only the names of John! Hancock and Char’»s Thomson, | §

the Continental Congress, the, printed copies were sent to the various State assemblies and to| Europe. A few days later the Declaration was read in a public| Plaza in Philadelphia, later to be-| come famous as Independence Bquare. : Only Copy . Congress ordered the Decla:a- - tion to be engrossed on parchJuoent, on July 19, with its present title: “The Unanimous Declaration of the Thirteen United States of America.” The original engrossed and signed copy, now in the Library of Congress, is THE Declaration of Independance, and is the only such copy in existence. It was signed by the members present on Aug. 2, 1776, and by a few other members of Congress later in the year, fiftyBix in all, g The attested copy of the Dec-

laration displayed aboard Free:| | ?, 7 dom Train is the one sént by the i a Secret Committee on Correspond- / — tte eve aite ete. Ant slice raise en é

As an American under the Bill of Rights, you are guaranteed freedom of the press. But... unless you protect it, you can " lose freedom. Be active in your city's affairs, vote, serve, know what is going on and do | your part.

PVT. GEORGE LEE 1751-177%

DIED AT BUNKER HILL, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, JUNE 17. 1775 TO GIVE

‘We must see that this man and Freedom co illi “shall wot beve > . hwyspnet Shp bononrs cuerybody's job!

and act like free men. Don't be a back-seat citizen.

Freedom is everybody's job! TRYON'S

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"MY COUNTRY QUIZ OF THEE"

Can You Truthfully Answer These Questions and Score as a REAL American?

Do you perform jury duty, when you're called, no matter how inconvenient it may be?

Do you vote in every election, local, state and national? Do you vote in Your party's primaries?

As a juror, do you make a continual, conscious effort to keep your mind clear of prejudice?

Before you vote, do you make a thorough, open-minded study of every candidate?

When an important bill is up in Congress, do you study it as closely as you study your own grocery bill?

When you feel strongly that a bill should be passed or not passed, do you write and tell your Congressman? Gia

No, it won't add up to an even 100%. No one, » is a perfect American—there's always somes | thing more that you should do. But if you'ze.! down below the ing mark—remember this: Every job Jouve failed to do—every duty that ed—has been done by someone else. Gradually and heedlessly you've put your life— your children's lives—into somebody else's hands. Who is that “someone else’? He could be a paper hanger with a comedy mustache. Have you ever thought of that?

The FREEDOM TRAIN

will be in Indianapolis

JULY 28th and 29th

Do you belong to your local Housing Committee? Parent-Teachers’ Association? League of Women Voters?

Do you devote as much time to these — | committees as you can can spare?

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