Summary of American freedom story

Before and after the founding of the United States, the whole country liked the abstract concept of "freedom". A country that is about to be born or young needs to define its identity with lofty ideals. "Freedom" is the first choice among many concepts, and it has quickly become the amulet of the United States. In the19th century, fanatical patriotism made the worship of the Statue of Liberty ridiculous. Patriots talk about the "Statue of Liberty", as if showing their exclusive patents to visitors, but they don't realize the unfairness that can be seen everywhere in American society. When the English poet Thomas Moore visited the United States, he wrote this poem:

Patriots have just left the meeting of the Statue of Liberty,

Go home happily and whip his slaves,

Or pursue beautiful black mistresses,

Dreaming of freedom in his slave arms.

1September 1947 16 is the anniversary of the promulgation of the federal constitution 160. On that day, the Freedom Train was opened to the public in Philadelphia. This train decorated with red, white and blue is a mobile exhibition with 133 historical documents. The train then started a journey of 16 months, bringing the mobile exhibition to more than 300 cities. Never before or after this have so many precious documents-including the Mayflower Convention, the Declaration of Independence and the Gettysburg Address-been gathered in one place. The lighting of the exhibition is so dim (not to protect the documents, but to create a religious altar-like atmosphere) that it is almost impossible to chew the meaning of each document carefully. After getting out of the free train, tourists will be guided to take the "Freedom Oath" to show their determination to rededicate themselves to American values and sign a "Long Axis of Freedom" as a souvenir.

Freedom Train may be the largest patriotic education activity in peacetime in American history. This exhibition was first put forward by the Ministry of Justice in 1946, and President Truman supported it, believing that it was a way to compare American freedom with "Hitler's tyranny destroyed freedom". Because the direct government funding was used for publicity, the project sought help from the non-profit American Heritage Foundation. Most members of the board of directors of the traditional foundation are big bankers and industrialists, and the chairman of the foundation is Winslow W. aldridge, chairman of Chase Bank. Private sponsorship solves the cost of the free train and the cost of the advertising campaign that comes with it, which aims to "resell America to Americans".