Charters of Freedom

The Rotunda for the Charters of Freedom in the National Archives building.

The term Charters of Freedom is used to describe the three documents in early American history which are considered instrumental to its founding and philosophy. These documents are the United States Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights. While the term has not entered particularly common usage, the room at the National Archives building in Washington, D.C. that houses the three documents is called the Rotunda for the Charters of Freedom.

External links

• The Charters of Freedom at the U.S. National Archives