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Description One of the sheets of the Constitution as it arrived at NBS to be sealed in a helium-filled glass container to be permanently preserved. Each sheet of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence were sealed in individual capsules and put on display in the Shrine at the Library of Congress.
Source National Institute of Standards and Technology
Author National Institute of Standards and Technology
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