{"id":152864,"date":"2026-03-31T01:55:16","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T01:55:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/152864\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T01:55:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T01:55:16","slug":"national-constitution-center-marks-americas-250th-with-new-exhibits-events","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/152864\/","title":{"rendered":"National Constitution Center marks America&#8217;s 250th with new exhibits &#038; events"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ByWendy Daughenbaugh  <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"WPVI logo\" class=\"awXxV NDJZt sJeUN IJwXl CfkUa EknAv NwgWd \" data-testid=\"prism-image\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/origin-wpvi.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Monday, March 30, 2026 7:38PM<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAABAAAAAJCAQAAACRI2S5AAAAEElEQVR42mNkIAAYRxWAAQAG9gAKqv6+AwAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"NCC marks America's 250th with new exhibits &amp; events\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">As the nation approaches its 250th anniversary, the National Constitution Center is opehing new galleries and programs highlighting the story of American democracy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The new America&#8217;s Founding gallery explores the Revolution, the drafting of the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights, featuring a rare original printing of the Constitution.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">A Separation of Powers gallery opens in May, adding interactive experiences for visitors.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The Center&#8217;s 19th Amendment exhibit traces the long fight for women&#8217;s rights, from Seneca Falls to the stillunpassed Equal Rights Amendment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The Center will be a key part of Philadelphia&#8217;s 250th celebrations in July and will continue the commemoration with a 52 Weeks of Firsts festival on September 5.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \"><a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/constitutioncenter.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">National Constitution Center<\/a>  |<a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/constitutionctr\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a> |  <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/constitutionctr\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a><br class=\" \"\/>525 Arch St<br class=\" \"\/>Philadelphia, Pa. 19106<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 WPVI-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ByWendy Daughenbaugh Monday, March 30, 2026 7:38PM As the nation approaches its 250th anniversary, the National Constitution Center&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":152865,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[69481,5453,7346,69,71,70],"class_list":{"0":"post-152864","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-philadelphia","8":"tag-69481","9":"tag-fyi-philly","10":"tag-national-constitution-center","11":"tag-philadelphia","12":"tag-philadelphia-headlines","13":"tag-philadelphia-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152864","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=152864"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152864\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/152865"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=152864"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=152864"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=152864"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}