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Article: Historical document exhibit heads to LR. (Entertainment).(original copy of Declaration of Independence)(Brief Article)
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- Arkansas Business
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- February 17, 2003
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A rare, original copy of the Declaration of Independence, owned by TV producer Norman Lear, is part of an exhibition coming to the Old State House Museum on Saturday.
It's one of only 25 remaining original copies of the Declaration of Independence printed on the evening of July 4, 1776.
Other parts of the exhibit include a 14-minute film, produced by Lear and Rob Reiner, that includes a reading of the Declaration of Independence by several actors, including Mel Gibson, Morgan Freeman, Kevin Spacey, Michael Douglas and Whoopi Goldberg.
There's also a video starring ...