Thursday, August 23, 2018

The Constitution, worth the paper it's written on?

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Trick question, because it's not written on paper at all! 

The Declaration, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights are currently housed in the National Archives. All three are written on parchment, not hemp paper. Parchment is treated animal skin, typically sheepskin. The Declaration was inked with iron gall ink.

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