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1297 Magna Carta Gets Face-Lift

Ten-Month Conservation Project Ends With 1297 Magna Carta On Display at National Archives

By Emma Dumain
Roll Call Staff
Feb. 6, 2012, Midnight

In 1297, King Edward I’s war against Scotland was not going so well. To assuage his dissatisfied nobles and persuade them to finance the battle against William Wallace (of “Braveheart” fame), the English king known as Longshanks reaffirmed the nobility’s rights and the limits on his power that were enshrined 82 years earlier in the Magna Carta.

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May 15, 2012

Grammy-winning musician Glen Campbell, who was recently diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, hugs his daughter Ashley (left) and wife, Kim, during a news conference May 15 held by Rep. Ed Markey, co-chairman of the Congressional Taskforce on Alzheimer’s Disease.

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