Mark Hill is the owner of the Theodore Ohman collection and the founder of BigParty250.com. With his brother, Hill purchased the complete Ohman collection in 1995 — the original lithographs, glass plates, and printing plates behind Ohman's restorations of the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution — and he is now carrying Ohman's every-school mission into America's 250th anniversary.
Key topics:
- Theodore Ohman: the Bohemian immigrant lithographer who restored the founding documents
- How Ohman rebuilt the Declaration from an 1823 William Stone print and 1903 glass-plate negatives
- The 1942 Declaration, the 1953 Constitution with the Bill of Rights, and the 25-year every-school mission
- The stone print the Library of Congress received in 1939 and cannot explain
- The on-camera tour: glass plates, printing plates, and the originals
- The signature Constitution: President Trump, Ted Cruz, Charlie Kirk, Jesse Watters, and more
- How to put the founding documents in your local school
Timestamped breakdown:
00:00 — The mission: the Declaration and Constitution in every school in America
01:33 — Who was Theodore Ohman: a schoolboy in Bohemia who never forgot the Declaration
03:05 — Ohman's authentic restoration: the William Stone print and the Handy negatives
05:13 — The 1953 Constitution lithograph with the Bill of Rights
05:51 — A set in every school: 25 years of selling sets to hometown banks
07:35 — How Mark Hill ended up with the collection
12:21 — Human Events sells 1,200 original Declarations in six months
16:01 — The Library of Congress mystery: a stone print with no record
19:34 — The mission today: America's 250th and finding a partner
23:00 — Human nature, checks and balances, and why socialism always ends in tyranny
25:36 — On-camera tour: glass plates, silvering, and the printing plates
31:17 — The signature Constitution and President Trump's five tries
33:24 — Promo code JENNY and putting these documents in your local school
Links mentioned:
BigParty250.com — the Ohman prints, the Ohman story, and the signature-piece photo gallery
jennybethshow.com — all episodes
teapartypatriots.org — Tea Party Patriots Action