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Article: Magna Carta road show.(Local)

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March 31, 2007
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Byline: JANIE BRYANT

VIRGINIA BEACH -- BY janie bryant

THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT

VIRGINIA BEACH - A bout 8 o'clock Friday morning, a Federal Express truck pulled up to the Contemporary Art Center of Virginia.

Whatever that 21st- century man delivered, it could not compete with the time-traveled document that had already arrived.

In two hours, the spotlight in this gallery of modern art would belong to a 13th-century charter between long-dead English barons and their king.

Virginia Beach and art center officials expect record crowds to flock to the center to ogle this original copy of the Magna Carta.

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