I have a new thing to add to my bucket list - seeing the Magna Carta in real life.
I was just reading a news article about an effort by the British Museum to put each of the four remaining copies under one roof - for a special exhibit. Apparently, hundreds of copies of the document were created - to send to the aherrifs and other personnel of municipalities in England in 1215 - to educate them about the forts to quell an uprising.
I want to stand - in the age of email, the Internet and television - and imagine a time when the only way to educate a nation about new laws was to write them out, by hand, and deliver them by horseback.
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I've seen it. Somehow being in the presence of of life-changing artifacts, artwork and places - regardless of age, condition, or relevance to MY actual life - always inspires a sense of awe and wonder in my heart. And I am blessed to have kids who somehow feel it too and who delight in sharing it with me.
And I saw it! Yay! Thank you Museum of Fine Arts, for the exhibition in July 2014!
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