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How many pages are in Freedom Train?

How many pages are in Freedom Train?

192
Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780590436281
Pages: 192
Sales rank: 77,704
Product dimensions: 5.25(w) x 7.63(h) x (d)
Lexile: 910L (what’s this?)

What is the theme of Freedom Train?

The Freedom Train had two goals: to recreate an awareness of American heritage and to generate interest in safeguarding and preserving key American documents. Originally, Clark planned for the Freedom Train to be funded by Congress.

What genre is Freedom Train?

Biography
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What is the significance of the title Freedom Train?

The title, “Freedom Train” was coined from a locomotive that carried the Constitution, Declaration of Independence, and other important American documents on a tour across the United States. People were free to visit this train when it arrived in their town.

What happened to the freedom train?

The 1975 – 1976 American Freedom Train. AFT Locomotive #1: Former Reading #2101 was pulled from retirement for an emergency overhaul to pull the American Freedom Train and now has a permanent home at the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Museum in Baltimore, MD.

How long is freedom train?

Boston’s iconic 2.5 mile-Freedom Trail connects 16 nationally significant historic sites, each one an authentic treasure.

What happened to the 1976 Freedom Train?

What was the Freedom Train quizlet?

The Freedom Train was a traveling exhibition of 133 historical documents that started on September 16, 1947. This traveling exhibit was a sixteen month tour that went to more than 300 American cities.

Where did the Freedom Train stop?

The train’s official tour end occurred on January 22, 1949 in Washington, D.C., nearly three months after its last public display October 26, 1948, in Havre de Grace, Maryland. A notable stop on the train’s itinerary was its appearance at the Chicago Railroad Fair from July 5 – 9, 1948.

What documents were on the Freedom Train?

The Freedom Train was equipped with many key documents from American history. A copy of the Emancipation Proclamation, a letter authored by Christopher Columbus, the Mayflower Compact, and documents relating to the German and Japanese surrender from World War II were some of the artifacts displayed.

What ever happened to the Freedom Train?

What was the Freedom Train in 1976?

The American Freedom Train (AFT) was a 26-car train led by one of three enormous steam engines restored just for the occasion. Over a 21 month period from April 1, 1975 to December 31, 1976 more than 7 million Americans visited the train during its tour of all 48 contiguous states.