A MORE PERFECT UNION (1989) is an American film dramatizing the events of the U.S. Constitutional Convention of 1787. This film was officially recognized by the Commission on the Bicentennial of the United States Constitution as "of exceptional merit."
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Conversation
September 22, 2026
"Thomas Paine, FDR and the Power of Words in Turbulent Times" with Harvey J. Kaye
Words have played a powerful role in the creation of the US and American ideals. Author and historian Harvey Kaye examines how Thomas Paine and Franklin Roosevelt used words to call a nation to action in times of crisis, and rally Americans to build a more promising future.
This event is free to attend but registration is required.
Registered attendees can visit the Library's special exhibition, DECLARING THE REVOLUTION: AMERICA’S PRINTED PATH TO INDEPENDENCE, free of charge before the program, from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Special Exhibition
ONGOING
Declaring the Revolution: America's Printed Path to Independence
William J. vanden Heuvel
Special Exhibits Gallery
Historical Works from the David M. Rubenstein Americana Collection
This exhibition honors the Declaration of Independence as the central printed achievement of America's revolutionary generation by assembling various political and intellectual forerunners of that momentous document, as well as printed evidence of the ways that America's founders self-organized to bring about its stated ideals.
Guest Curator: Mazy Boroujerdi, Curator, David M. Rubenstein Americana Collection
Eleanor Roosevelt, like many of us, had a habit of stuffing her wallet full. Supervisory Curator Herman Eberhardt looks up close at one of the most peculiar items she had in there, one out of more than three dozen.
One of FDR's most famous phrases can sometimes be confusing for people. Library education director Jeff Urban takes an up close look at FDR's historic call to action for the American people.
The Treasury Department and the U.S Office of Education created the Schools at War program during WWII to encourage the nation’s schoolchildren to purchase War Stamps and Bonds and conserve materials needed for the war effort.
