Honoring

[Robert L. DeCandido]

I just wanted to take a moment to share with this community an idea. One
that, perhaps, others have had. In addition to displaying a flag The
Pierpont Morgan Library has placed on display a copy of the Declaration
of Independence. Being a library of special collections, it's one of the
25 extant copies of the first printing. But that's not the point. As
libraries making a gesture with words and ideas, with documents, seems
appropriate and more significant. The point is to remember what the flag
stands for. As the signers said:

"...we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our
sacred Honor."

Indeed.

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Robert DeCandido
Database Coordinator
The Pierpont Morgan Library
29 East 36th Street
New York, NY  10016

TEL: 212-590-0385
FAX: 212-685-4740
NET: rdecandido at morganlibrary.org