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seattle rough august 16th. it's your chance to see irreplaceable doments that help forge our natio and here to tell us moresve director. leard garfield. thank you souch for being here. it's. >> great to be her i can't wait to talk about this. so let's get right in and tell everyone about thiincredible exhibit. thiss an extraordinary. opportunity to. >> see the founding. documents of >> our nation. the declaration . independence. the constitution, the. bill of. >> rights up close and personal. these are the documents that shape us as a democracy. and that give meaning to our lives as amecans. and there in person at mohi. through august 16th. what do you hope people. take away when they go to this exhibit? you know, i want peoplto. understand that we. have the power. >> to. create our own democracy and these documents. lay that out. they tell us what we stand for ,how we form a government and how we can change our government. the power is. >> in our hands and you really feel that when you see these documents up close. so much hope. and mohi is one . onlyight. to host the exhibit and it's the final. stop i understand on. >> the tour. how significant is that? it's. >> amazing. because. >> after. the. documents have their. stay at mohi. they'll go back. >> to the national archives in washington. d.c. and inta vault where they will stay for the. next ten years. so this is our chance to see it. and key. >> it's. completely free. that's thanks to incredible. support from amazon and other. supporters locally. buwe're making this. exhibit in the entire museum free so. everyone can. >> come. becae this is our heritage. >> this is who we e as americans. >> are you expecting? because i'm getting excid just hearingou talk. about it. >> c i say thousands? >> there a thousands and. thousands buthe lines move is free so please come to. >> the. museum lake union. >> park. in. south lake union and see the declaration of independence. that all. men are created equal. the most. important sense in western history. to see. >> it. up close and personal. a rare opportunity. and when you guys are like walking through ther what do yothink will really stand. >> out. for. >> people when they're walking and seeing this exhibit? i think. >> it's the notion. >> that ideas. matter thawe can. put words. >> to. paper and then. really have those word manifest in. >> real life that we can shape our. own destiny. 250 years. >> ago. >> tse americans who were. >> forming. the new. nation. >> did that. veryhing and we're still living. >> with the framework of. government they created. but it's. >> up to us. >> to. >> keep it alive. definitely. >> and what else does mohi have going. on with the. 250th celebration here? welln the museum is. completely free ring this period so. visitors can explore. >> the. entire museum all about. >> seattle. history but also a verspecial exhibit that'seatured all about e american. flag if you can beeve it, we ha. >> thousands. of flags iour collection. we brought out the very best, including the flag that jim. whitaker took to the top of mount everest. the. >> flag. that the boys in. >> the boat. carried into the berlin. uh amphitheater in. front of. >> adolf hitler in 16. um the flag from the. >> oso landslide. that was. >> uh saved. after that. >> trible tragedy. so fgs. >> that really have meant something in our history to. provide a litt bit of. context to. >> thiother incredible exbit about. the founding documents.finitely this is. >> going to be so aming for. people freed flight to what. >> can you. telle? >> freedom plane. oh freedom. >> plane. wh can i tell you? i can tell you that this exhibit is free. >> it's going on until august 16th and the most important documents in american history are yours to view up close and personal. a very special once in a lifeti opportunity. absolutely >> okay, so how can people get. tickets if they're sitting. thinking okay, i want to. >> go. come on down to the museum. we're in lake union park in south lake in seattle. or check out the mo. >>i website mohi.org. r more information. and is that where people can see because you guys have so many. events and so many exhits throughout the year if they're looking. for something. else. >> all. of our. information is on the website so please. check that out before you head out. >> to the museum. d then when you come to the museum youe going to find an awful lot of. stuff incling. secret history that you probably didn't even know existed because it's a museum filled with great stories and great history. all ages. >>h all ages absolutely something for the young kids, something r grandparents. and you can do it. together because historys about memoes. so let's make. some memories. absolutely. >> thank youo much. >> and much. more new day to come right after this. >> sy with us.