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National Museum of American History · Second floor, east wing

2American Democracy: A Great Leap of Faith

How Americans have argued about and practised self-government, with Jefferson's writing desk and the Greensboro lunch counter nearby.

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The Greensboro Lunch Counter
The Greensboro Lunch Counter
About 1960 (installed in the 1950s)
Second floor, east wing, Unity Square
Thomas Jefferson's Writing Desk
Thomas Jefferson's Writing Desk
Benjamin Randolph, cabinetmaker, to Jefferson's design, 1776
Second floor, east wing, American Democracy: A Great Leap of Faith