The Freedom Shrine consists of 20 mounted reproductions from The Declaration of Independence, to The Star Spangled Banner, to General McAuliffe’s 1944 Christmas Message, and Theodore Roosevelt’s Letter on Cuba. They are mounted inside a 16 x 4 foot frame designed and built by NECC carpenter Kyle White. The shrine hangs on the brick wall of the second floor foyer in the Spurk Building on the Haverhill campus.

Haverhill Attorney Robert “ Bob” Harb, past Haverhill Exchange Club president as well as national president, chaired the original committee overseeing the donation and installation of the Freedom Shrine, and will be overseeing the rededication.

The evolution of the Freedom Shrine originated from the Freedom Train. The train toured the country in 1947 and again in 1977 carrying an exhibit of famous “documents of liberty”. Exchange Clubs have installed thousands of the shrines in courthouses, libraries, airports, and schools around the country. The Freedom Shrines are used by teachers, students, and other groups to study American history.

This is a brief event and refreshments will be served.