{"id":141258,"date":"2026-02-02T23:12:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T23:12:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/141258\/"},"modified":"2026-02-02T23:12:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T23:12:08","slug":"national-archives-freedom-plane-exhibition-lands-in-miami-tickets-dates-details","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/141258\/","title":{"rendered":"National Archives\u2019 Freedom Plane Exhibition Lands in Miami: Tickets, Dates, Details"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Miami is about to get a front-row seat to the nation\u2019s origin story\u2014and not the laminated, behind-glass kind. This June, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/miami\/things-to-do\/historymiami\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">HistoryMiami Museum<\/a> will host the National Archives\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/historymiami.org\/exhibition\/documents-that-forged-a-nation\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cFreedom Plane National Tour: Documents That Forged a Nation,\u201d<\/a> a rare traveling exhibition that brings original founding-era records out of Washington, D.C. and into communities across the country.<\/p>\n<p>The tour, which was announced by the National Archives and Records Administration, marks the United States\u2019 250th anniversary and nods to the Bicentennial Freedom Train of 1976. Only eight cities made the cut for 2026 and Miami is one of them. The documents will arrive\u2014dramatically\u2014via a specially designated aircraft on June 15, then go on view at HistoryMiami from June 20 through July 5, just in time for the Fourth of July weekend.<\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s coming with them is straight out of your high school civics textbook: the William Stone engraving of the Declaration of Independence; the Articles of Association; oaths of allegiance signed by George Washington, Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr; the Treaty of Paris; a draft printing of the Constitution; and state delegation votes. Many of these records haven\u2019t left D.C. in decades, making this a rare chance to see the paperwork that launched a nation.<\/p>\n<p>Alongside the exhibition, the museum will debut a digital \u201cWishes for America\u201d mural, inviting visitors (and anyone at home) to share hopes for the country\u2019s next chapter. On July 4, the museum\u2019s downtown plaza will host a free birthday party for America, complete with civic vibes and community celebration.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s also a future-facing component: \u201cAmerica 250: Voices of the Future,\u201d a countywide high school speech contest asking Miami-Dade students to reflect on the founding ideals and what they should mean today. The winning essay will be accessioned into the museum\u2019s permanent collection and the student will be present during official anniversary events.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs our nation prepares to mark its 250th anniversary, it is deeply meaningful that Miami has been chosen as one of only eight cities,\u201d said Daniella Levine Cava, the mayor of Miami-Dade County, pointing to the exhibition\u2019s role in making America\u2019s story feel shared in one of its most diverse cities.<\/p>\n<p>The best part? The entire exhibition and July 4 celebration are free. History, after all, belongs to everyone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Miami is about to get a front-row seat to the nation\u2019s origin story\u2014and not the laminated, behind-glass kind.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":141259,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[2122,225,227,226,68599,106],"class_list":{"0":"post-141258","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hialeah","8":"tag-categories-things-to-do","9":"tag-hialeah","10":"tag-hialeah-headlines","11":"tag-hialeah-news","12":"tag-news-weird-wonderful","13":"tag-things-to-do"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141258","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=141258"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141258\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/141259"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=141258"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=141258"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=141258"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}