Soldiers carry a crate containing documents from the country’s founding, including an original engraving of the Declaration of Independence, a rare draft printing of the US Constitution with handwritten notes, and George Washington’s Oath of Allegiance signed during the Revolutionary War, off of the Freedom Plane after landing at Denver International Airport on Tuesday, May 26, 2026. The Freedom Plane, part of the country’s 250th anniversary celebration, is a traveling exhibition from the National Archives. The documents will be on display at the History Colorado Center from May 28 through June 14.
(Stephen Swofford, Denver Gazette)
The Freedom Plane, from the National Archives, is carrying some of the country’s original founding documents to eight cities across the country as part of the country’s 250th anniversary. It arrived at Denver International Airport Tuesday morning with a celebration and press conference as the documents were unloaded and transferred to the History Colorado Center, where they will be on display from May 28 through June 14.
The Freedom Plane taxis off the runway to a hangar at Denver International Airport on Tuesday, May 26, 2026. The Freedom Plane, part of the country’s 250th anniversary celebration, is a traveling exhibition from the National Archives of original documents from the country’s founding an original engraving of the Declaration of Independence, a rare draft printing of the US Constitution with handwritten notes, and George Washington’s Oath of Allegiance signed during the Revolutionary War. The documents will be on display at the History Colorado Center from May 28 through June 14.
(Stephen Swofford, Denver Gazette)Patrick Madden, CEO of the National Archives Foundation, shakes hands with Phillip A. Washington, CEO of Denver International Airport, during a presentation celebrating the arrival of the Freedom Plane at DIA on Tuesday, May 26, 2026. The Freedom Plane, part of the country’s 250th anniversary celebration, is a traveling exhibition from the National Archives of original documents from the country’s founding an original engraving of the Declaration of Independence, a rare draft printing of the US Constitution with handwritten notes, and George Washington’s Oath of Allegiance signed during the Revolutionary War. The documents will be on display at the History Colorado Center from May 28 through June 14.
(Stephen Swofford, Denver Gazette)The Freedom Plane taxis off the runway to a hangar at Denver International Airport on Tuesday, May 26, 2026. The Freedom Plane, part of the country’s 250th anniversary celebration, is a traveling exhibition from the National Archives of original documents from the country’s founding an original engraving of the Declaration of Independence, a rare draft printing of the US Constitution with handwritten notes, and George Washington’s Oath of Allegiance signed during the Revolutionary War. The documents will be on display at the History Colorado Center from May 28 through June 14.
(Stephen Swofford, Denver Gazette)A Us Air Force Color Guard presents the flags as the Freedom Plane comes to a stop outside a hangar at Denver International Airport on Tuesday, May 26, 2026. The Freedom Plane, part of the country’s 250th anniversary celebration, is a traveling exhibition from the National Archives of original documents from the country’s founding an original engraving of the Declaration of Independence, a rare draft printing of the US Constitution with handwritten notes, and George Washington’s Oath of Allegiance signed during the Revolutionary War. The documents will be on display at the History Colorado Center from May 28 through June 14.
(Stephen Swofford, Denver Gazette)
on Tuesday, May 26, 2026. The Freedom Plane, part of the country’s 250th anniversary celebration, is a traveling exhibition from the National Archives of original documents from the country’s founding an original engraving of the Declaration of Independence, a rare draft printing of the US Constitution with handwritten notes, and George Washington’s Oath of Allegiance signed during the Revolutionary War. The documents will be on display at the History Colorado Center from May 28 through June 14.
(Stephen Swofford, Denver Gazette)The Freedom Plane taxis off the runway to a hangar at Denver International Airport on Tuesday, May 26, 2026. The Freedom Plane, part of the country’s 250th anniversary celebration, is a traveling exhibition from the National Archives of original documents from the country’s founding an original engraving of the Declaration of Independence, a rare draft printing of the US Constitution with handwritten notes, and George Washington’s Oath of Allegiance signed during the Revolutionary War. The documents will be on display at the History Colorado Center from May 28 through June 14.
(Stephen Swofford, Denver Gazette)Soldiers carry a crate containing documents from the country’s founding, including an original engraving of the Declaration of Independence, a rare draft printing of the US Constitution with handwritten notes, and George Washington’s Oath of Allegiance signed during the Revolutionary War, off of the Freedom Plane after landing at Denver International Airport on Tuesday, May 26, 2026. The Freedom Plane, part of the country’s 250th anniversary celebration, is a traveling exhibition from the National Archives. The documents will be on display at the History Colorado Center from May 28 through June 14.
(Stephen Swofford, Denver Gazette)A Us Air Force Color Guard presents the flags as the Freedom Plane comes to a stop outside a hangar at Denver International Airport on Tuesday, May 26, 2026. The Freedom Plane, part of the country’s 250th anniversary celebration, is a traveling exhibition from the National Archives of original documents from the country’s founding an original engraving of the Declaration of Independence, a rare draft printing of the US Constitution with handwritten notes, and George Washington’s Oath of Allegiance signed during the Revolutionary War. The documents will be on display at the History Colorado Center from May 28 through June 14.
(Stephen Swofford, Denver Gazette)
