For America250, Washington, D.C., is home to the National Archives display of the original Declaration of Independence.
The engrossed parchment is displayed in the National Archives Rotunda for the Charters of Freedom. It is shown with the original United States Constitution and the Bill of Rights, forming a central presentation of the country's founding documents.
This is distinct from Independence Hall in Philadelphia, where the Second Continental Congress debated and adopted the Declaration in 1776. The document's historical birthplace and its present public display are therefore in different cities.
The parchment is known as the engrossed Declaration because it is the carefully prepared fair copy that delegates signed. Thomas Jefferson's working draft is a different object and is held by the Library of Congress. America250 invites visitors to connect the physical document in Washington with the Philadelphia events that led to its adoption.