“Eternal Vigilance is the Price of Liberty,” is a quote attributed to Thomas Jefferson. Inscribed on the base of the 1935 sculpture Guardianship by James Earle Fraser, it can be found in the grounds of the National Archives Building.

Our embroidered patch makes a wonderful souvenir of the National Archives, the sculpture, and Washington, D.C.

In 1930, New York Architect John Russell Pope was selected to design the National Archives Building. Pope's neoclassical design included both practical and symbolic aspects of housing the nation's records. He proposed a monumental structure with highly decorative architectural features, giant Corinthian columns, 40-foot bronze doors, and inscriptions representing the building's historical importance. John Russell Pope also designed the National Gallery and the Jefferson Memorial in Washington, D.C.