Voices + Votes: Democracy in America Exhibition
December 19, 2020 – February 6th 2021
More than just waging a war of independence, American revolutionaries took a great leap of faith and established a new government based on the sovereignty of the people. It was truly a radical idea that entrusted the power of the nation not in a monarchy but in its citizens. Each generation since continues to question how to form “a more perfect union” around this radical idea.
Partners: Smithsonian Institute- Florida Humanities Council-Haitian Heritage Museum, Miami Dade County Commissioner Joe Martinez, Miami Dade County Commissioner Denis Moss, Culture Builds Florida and FAAHPN, Green Family Foundation, Greater Miami Convention & Visitors Bureau.
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National Woman’s Party march for woman’s suffrage, Washington, D.C. February 14, 1917
Photograph, gift of Alice Paul Centennial Foundation, National Museum of American History
“Remember the 4th” holiday banner, 1860s
Courtesy of National Museum of American History
“The First Vote,” drawn by A.R. Waud appeared in Harper’s Weekly, November 1867
Courtesy of Library of Congress
“Naturalization Ceremony at Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello,” July 4, 2013
©Thomas Jefferson Foundation at Monticello
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