Declaration Secret Code Reveal Hoodie

• National Archives Store Exclusive
• Designed and printed in the U.S.A.
• 60% cotton, 40% polyester fleece
• Machine wash warm with like colors
• Tumble dry low
• Drawstring hood with metal grommets
• Kangaroo pocket

• Product Description

• The National Archives records have been the basis of endless documentaries and have served as source material for feature film writers for decades. Filmmakers breathe life and visual drama into our history.

  The movie National Treasure is one which has long captivated movie lovers’ imaginations. Rumored to be required watching to be eligible to work at the National Archives Foundation, we can’t get enough of Benjamin Franklin Gates and are very excited to bring you this fun reveal code hoodie. Also available as a T-shirt.

Drafted by 33-year-old Thomas Jefferson between June 11 and June 28, 1776, the Declaration of Independence is the nation's most cherished symbol of liberty. It was adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, and announced that the 13 American colonies, then at war with Great Britain, regarded themselves as independent states and no longer a part of the British Empire. Instead, they formed a union that would become a new nation: the United States of America.

Today, the Declaration of Independence continues to inspire people around the world to fight for freedom and equality.

On December 13, 1952, the Charters of Freedom were permanently relocated from the Library of Congress to the National Archives in a procession of tanks in an armored personnel carrier. Upon arrival, the documents were placed in a custom-built, 50-ton, steel and concrete, bomb- and fire-proof safe.

The original Declaration of Independence is on permanent display in the Rotunda at the National Archives Museum.