‘Freedom Plane’ Tour to Bring Founding Documents to Cities Nationwide

The traveling exhibition will invite Americans to celebrate the country’s 250th anniversary by exploring irreplaceable national treasures.

The Treaty of Paris, ending the Revolutionary War, signed in 1783 by John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, and John Jay, is one of the documents traveling around the nation on the Freedom Plane, as seen in the National Archives in Washington on Jan. 20, 2026. Travis Gillmore/The Epoch Times

WASHINGTON—The National Archives announced a traveling exhibition, the “Freedom Plane National Tour: Documents That Forged a Nation,” on Jan. 20 that will allow Americans across the country to visit original documents at special exhibits in eight cities in celebration of America’s 250th anniversary.

James Byron, senior adviser to the nation’s archivist, said the documents are “instructional, revealing, exciting,” and many have never left Washington.