A Period, a Semicolon and 250 Years of America at the New York Public Library

City Life Org - NYPL Opens Major Free Exhibition Unpacking the Complex, Diverse, and Powerful Stories of the American Revolution—from 1776 to Today

Image by NYPL Additionally, the Library is releasing the next batch of free, timed tickets TODAY at 10 a.m. for July 1–7 public viewing of the Declaration of Independence.  The New York Public Library today opened Declaring America: 1776 and Beyond, a new free exhibition unpacking the complex, diverse, and powerful stories of the American Revolution…

A Period, a Semicolon and 250 Years of America at the New York Public Library

Sometimes history turns on a punctuation mark. As The New York Public Library prepared to open its major new exhibition, Declaring America: 1776 and Beyond, Tony Marx, the Library’s president, stepped away from his prepared remarks to point visitors back to something small enough to miss: the punctuation in Thomas Jefferson’s handwritten copy of the […]