Most people will never touch a document that changed the world. This is your chance.
This June, Acton University and GR A250 are bringing some of the rarest surviving documents of the American founding to downtown Grand Rapids, free and open to the public. Made possible through the support of the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation and More Perfect, the exhibit features documents from The Remnant Trust, including a First Edition Constitution of the United States (1788), one of only five known copies in existence; a First Edition of The Federalist Papers (1788); and a Third Dunlap Edition of the Declaration of Independence (1777), one of only three known copies in the world.
These are the documents that launched an experiment in self-governance unlike anything the world had seen. You won't be looking at them through glass. You'll be holding them.
No reservations. No admission. Just three days to get up close with the words that built a nation.
Free and open to the public. Open daily, June 23–25, from noon to 4:00 PM at Acton University, located in downtown Grand Rapids. Acton University is the annual conference of the Acton Institute, a Grand Rapids-based think tank exploring the intersection of religion, liberty, and free markets. This summer, as America turns 250, it opens its doors to the public.
For more information, visit acton.org/WordsThatBuiltANation
