article_snippet.sent: The US National Archives is a classical beast of a building that displays an early copy of the Magna Carta (which inspired the authors of the constitution), daguerreotypes of cowboy pioneers in the Wild West and terrifying tracts written by the Ku Klux Klan.
article_snippet.sent: The stars of The US National Archives are found in the Rotunda, which houses the three documents that defined America – the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution and the Bill of Rights.
article_snippet.sent: Yellowing, faded and scarcely legible, Yellowing are powerfully emotive symbols of the American dream.
article_snippet.sent: All the hopes of early America are contained in these three pieces of parchment.
article_snippet.sent: We the People of the United States’ are the opening words of the Constitution, a text that extols the lofty principles of justice, liberty and welfare – universally ignored by the characters in House Of Cards and, alas, by a large number of flesh-and-blood politicians.