Image of the Magna Carta

The year is 1215. A group of English Barons called King John to the fields of Runnymede to set his seal to the Magna Carta, to relinquish claims to what was called the “Divine Right of Kings,” to agree that:

No free man shall be seized or imprisoned, or stripped of his rights or possessions, or outlawed or exiled – nor will we proceed with force against him – except by the lawful judgment of his equals or by the law of the land.

One of the four remaining copies will be on display at the Fraunces Tavern Museum

, 54 Pearl Street, New York City, from September 15 to December 15, 2009.  Telephone 212-425-1776, ext. 18, and 212-425-1778. Tickets are $10 for adults, $5 for children, aged 6 to 18, and senior citizens. Admission is free for children 5 and under.