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1947-1949 The Freedom Train was conceived as a means to re-dedicate Americans to the hard-won blessings of democracy and freedom. The train would consist of three exhibit cars filled with dozens of "documents of freedom"including the Declaration of Independence, the Bill of Rights, one of the 13 original copies of the Constitution, the Emancipation Proclamation, the Gettysburg Address, the Iwo Jima flag, the Japanese surrender documents that ended World War II, and much more. Attorney General Tom Clark had proposed the idea to the Truman administration. Financial backing came from the American Heritage Foundation. From September 1947 to January 1949, the Freedom Train displayed in hundreds of cities in all 48 states. Millions of Americans turned out to view their heritage aboard the Freedom Train. __________________
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