At the National Archives, the Declaration Gets More Company NYT | Top Stories Jennifer Schuessler 1 April 2026 at 06:02 The Emancipation Proclamation and the 19th Amendment have been added to the Archives’s rotunda, the first permanent changes there in nearly 75 years. © Tierney L. Cross/The New York TimesVisitors looked at the original copy of the 19th Amendment this week. The document was recently added to the permanent display in the rotunda at the National Archives in Washington.