england and wales, lord egor judge, lord justice tomlinson, sir anthony hooper and the reverend robin griffith jones.

england and wales, lord egor judge, lord justice tomlinson, sir anthony hooper and the reverend robin griffith jones. so i welcome you all, and i'm grateful for your participation in today's ceremony. this exhibition was organized by the library of congress in lin cathedral, bringing magna carta to the usa. we are immensely grateful to dean phillip butler for the loan of lincoln cathedral's 1215 magna carta to the exhibition. when the lincoln magna carta returns to england next year, it will be remembered with a brief commemorative event with three other copies that survived from 1215, two of which are kept by the british library, one of which is kept by salisbury cathedral. the british library will display the four surviving manuscripts for one historic day. it will be the first time they have ever been exhibited together. the lincoln magna carta will then be moved to its permanent residence in a dedicated vault specially constructed this year as part of the lincoln castle revealed project. now, you may have noticed that the magna carta has come to the united states a full year ahead of the 8