National Archives: Guardians of the Portal reliefs in Washington, D.C. by Robert Aitken
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The National Archives Building, known informally as Archives I, located north of the National Mall on Constitution Avenue in Washington, DC, opened as its original headquarters in 1935. It holds the original copies of the three main formative documents of the United States and its government: the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights. Source: Wikipedia
Limestone by Robert Aitken
Address: Pennsylvania Ave. & 9th St NW Nearest Metro: Archives-Navy Memorial-Penn Quarter (Yellow - Green)
Smithsonian Art Inventories Catalog: Control number 76004810 (dcMem ID #520)
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