Haverhill Exchange Club Dedicates Freedom Shrine at Museum of Printing

Members of the Haverhill Exchange Club, who sponsored a “Freedom Shrine” and, local leaders, dedicated it at the Museum of Printing in Haverhill, Massachusetts. This gallery of history includes reproductions of George Washington’s first inaugural address where the first president urged a new Congress to consider a “reverence for the characteristic rights of freemen and a regard for public harmony” in crafting a Bill of Rights. Past National President Haverhill member Bob Harb (pictured here) noted that the 20 original documents were on the Freedom Train that visited Haverhill on October 22, 1947 for a few days.

Perhaps the most interesting part of the preserved documents are editing marks—many documents are preserved in some pre-finished form. In this presentation, it’s clear the authors of some of the most important documents in U.S. history themselves had to revise.

The Museum owes a debt to the Exchange Club, for which the installation of “Freedom Shrines” in public places is a national project.

For more on the Haverhill Exchange Club, see http://www.haverhillexchangeclub.com.

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