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Article: Securing the future, preserving the past. (Government: The National Archives Renovation Project).
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- Doors and Hardware
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- July 1, 2003
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WHEN THE FOUNDERS DRAFTED THE DECLARAtion of Independence, the Bill of Rights and the U.S. Constitution (known collectively as the Charters of Freedom), they had envisioned a set of freedoms available to all people. That same spirit is evidenced in the mission statement of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), which strives to provide "for the citizen and the public servant, for the President and for the Congress and the Courts, ready access to essential evidence." Located at more than 30 sites throughout the country, the NARA is not a storage house for dusty official documents; it is a stronghold of knowledge for both professional researchers and ...