Took a trip up to the NE over the last two weeks and was able to visit the National Archives to view the founding documents. First, the National Archives, I say, sadly need to be Trumped as is the language these days. The rules for viewing the documents are stupid (no photography), a festival approach to where anyone who is determined enough can literally squat there all day; no time limit or insurance of you getting your 20 minutes to squat there too!!! unless you just want to be as rude as the person in front of you. Moreover, no call from the rent-a-cops there to ensure some decorum.
Once you get to the documents themselves, they are, of course, 200+ years old and look like they have had a very hard life. They need to be re-transcribed and have their more legible replacements put on display while the originals are allowed to be mounted on the wall well out of range of hands or damaging flashbulbs!!!!
And, I don’t know, maybe limit the number of middle schools visiting the NA to something like 50 per day so you can hear yourself think for a few moments.
Once you get to the documents themselves, they are, of course, 200+ years old and look like they have had a very hard life. They need to be re-transcribed and have their more legible replacements put on display while the originals are allowed to be mounted on the wall well out of range of hands or damaging flashbulbs!!!!
And, I don’t know, maybe limit the number of middle schools visiting the NA to something like 50 per day so you can hear yourself think for a few moments.
