Evening star., 1947-11-26
Freedom Train Ru|inq
Permits Admission ol
Children Under Il

Children under IL accompanied
by parents or teachers will be ad-
mitted to the Freedom Train when
it opens its doors tomorrow in Union
Station.
A revised ruling was obtained last
night from the American Heritage
Foundation. which is operating the
rolling exhibition of American doc
umentary milestones by Joseph c
McGarraghy, chairman of the Board
of Trade committee which is spon-
soring the local showing. Previously
children under II were not to be
admitted under any circumstances
The train is on exhibit in Balti-
more today. 1t will close there at
10 pm. and sometime after will be
moved to Washington, backing into
Track at the western end of Union
Station shortly after midnight.
Open 10 AM. to 10 PM.
Opening ceremonies will be at 9:3C
am, and the train will be open to
the public from 10 am. until 10 pm
1t will be open the same hours on
Friday, the final day of its Wash
ington showing.
A final release from the committee
emphasized this:
Only $4,000 persons day will be
able to pass through the train. Ex-
perience, even in smaller communi-
ties, has been that the turnout
is much larger. Everyone coming
to see the train is taking chance
on whether his patience will outlast
the wait in line. There are no
tickets. Admission is free.
Washington members Of the newly
founded knights of Dunamis, COM
prised of Eagle Scouts of the Boy
Scouts of America, will help the
Marines who accompany the train
stand guard.
Seven Centuries Covered.
While many of the documents
are from the Library of Congress
and the National Archives, impor-
tant other ones probably never have
been seen in Washington in this
century. For instance, the original
manuscript of Washington's Fare
we'll Address, one of the most
famous documents in American his
tory, is from the New York State
Library at Albany. The original
manuscript of "The Star Spangled
Banner" is from Walters Art Gal
lery, Baltimore.
The documents cover a period OF
seven centuries, from a 18th Gen.
tury manuscript Of the Magma Carta
signed by King John in 1915 at
Runnymede, to the original docu-
ment of unconditional surrender of
Germany signed on May Z, 1945, at
Rheims, France. There is also the
report (from the Princeton Library
of Christopher Columbus on his first
voyage, printed in Rome in 1893,
the year of his return.
Another of the early documents
is the Mayhower Compact, drawn
up on board the Pilgrims famous
ship before the landing on the
Massachusetts, coast in 1920.
Martin to Welcome Train.
There is also the original man
uscript draft of the Declaration OF
independence by Thomas Jeffer-
son, with changes requested by Ben
jamin Franklin and John Adams
noted thereon. And there is the
printed draft of the Constitution
sent to George Washington as pres
ident of the Constitutional Conven-
tion, with alterations made in his
large, firm handwriting.
Speaker Martin will welcome the
train to Washington in the opening
ceremony. John A. Reilly, presi-
dent of the Board of Trade. and
Commissioner John Russell Young
also will speak.
At 8 pm, Marine Sergeant will
count off the number of persons
who can see the train in the next
two hours and will close the line
at that point. The committee ad-
vises those who plan to see the train
in the evening t. come early and
avoid disappointment.
A broadcast from the train will
be carried by Station WTOP from
GAS to 1915 am. tomorrow. The
program will include interviews anc
description of some of the docu.
mentS.