Historic Documents Take Flight Across America for Nation’s 250th Anniversary

A special aircraft from the National Archives will embark on a coast-to-coast journey, transporting precious founding documents as part of America’s upcoming 250th birthday commemoration.

Kansas City has been selected as the inaugural destination for this unique airborne exhibition. The aircraft will transport some of the nation’s most treasured historical papers from the founding era.

This aerial tour represents part of the broader celebration planned for America’s semiquincentennial milestone, marking two and a half centuries since the nation’s birth.