And as I reflected on when this is going to be opened, I was thinking, well, maybe I'll be here, but pretty sure I'm not in the next 250 years. We gather here in Emancipation hall around our 250th anniversary of Jefferson drafted a statement that would soon become the bedrock of our nation. But like any good author or politician, his statement took on some edits, notably from Benjamin Franklin and John Adams, and it was eventually signed as the Declaration of Independence, … (00:18–00:30)
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Asserts that Thomas Jefferson drafted a foundational statement for the United States.
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