Magna Carta exhibition opens in Boston
As patriotic Americans celebrate the Declaration of Independence this weekend, the original template that formed a basis of the Constitution of the United States has gone on show in Boston.
‘Magna Carta: Cornerstone of Liberty’ has opened at the city’s Museum of Fine Arts and will be displayed until September 1, before being exhibited at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute in Williamstown and the Law Library of Congress in Washington, DC.
The medieval English manuscript celebrates its 800-year anniversary next year.
Written in 1215, the Magna Carta was the first document to detail constitutional law to protect the rights of English citizens and can be seen as "the DNA of the American legal system" according to State Rep. Cory Atkins, chairwoman of the tourism committee, who helped bring it to Boston.
"The language is included in both the charter for the colony of Massachusetts, the Mayflower compact, the Declaration of Independence, the Massachusetts constitution and the Constitution of the United States," said Atkins.
It is being displayed alongside a draft of the Massachusetts constitution and exhibits from the Massachusetts Historical Society to highlight the connection.
"The argument we are making by surrounding a document from 1215 with these documents from 1775, is that the Declaration of Independence and the Massachusetts constitution play the same role for us as the Magna Carta does in England," said Peter Drummey, librarian at the Massachusetts Historical Society.
Next year, as the Magna Carta celebrates 800 years, the US Bill of Rights and the Declaration of Independence will be flown over to the UK to feature in a similar dual exhibition at the British Library from March to September.
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