{"exhibit":{"id":6,"title":"We the People: Commemorating 250 Years of the Declaration of Independence","description":"

As we mark 250 years since the signing of the Declaration of Independence<\/em>, the Grosvenor Room invites you to consider our region and our nation as a quilt of democracy <\/em>\u2014 consisting of many communities, histories, and identities joined and shaped by many hands.

<\/a>This exhibit consists of three parts:<\/p>\n

Piecing Together Our Past: Preserving the Documents of a Nation<\/a>
An exploration of the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library's\u00a0 collection of rare material that documents and adds to the understanding of American history.<\/p>\n

The Patchwork of Our Community: Celebrating Who We Are<\/span><\/a>
Families, cultural traditions, organizations, and shared experiences form the fabric of our community, represented here as quilt squares. Joined together, these individual pieces suggest that community is not singular - but collective \u2014 built through many stories, connections, and identities woven together into a diverse whole.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Fabric of Place: Maps, Data & Our Shared Sense of History<\/span><\/a>
The Library's map collection provides a glimpse of history as \u00a0a visual display.<\/span><\/p>\n

To explore individual items in the exhibit use the browse collections function.<\/a><\/p>","credits":"Created by the staff of the Grosvenor Room, the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library's Special Collections Department","featured":1,"public":1,"theme":"","theme_options":null,"slug":"250-exhibit","added":"2025-05-19 13:30:07","modified":"2026-06-18 17:51:09","owner_id":12,"use_summary_page":1,"cover_image_file_id":39975},"item":{"id":17774,"item_type_id":1,"collection_id":40,"featured":0,"public":1,"added":"2026-06-12 19:09:05","modified":"2026-06-17 13:07:01","owner_id":12}}