Images courtesy of Christie’s

As the right to free speech makes headlines following the Trump administration’s attack on late-night show hosts, what better time to revisit the Constitution? A rare draft of the document will be on display at the King Manor Museum in Jamaica, home to founding father Rufus King, for this weekend only. The draft has King’s handwritten edits and marks the first time the words “We the people of the United States,” were included. The special public exhibition, held September 19 through September 21, is presented by Christie’s auction house, ahead of its annual Americana sale in January.

Among King’s handwritten edits are the removal of a preposition in the preamble, the addition of “affirmation” for Quakers unwilling to swear oaths, lowering Congress’s thre

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