WASHINGTON, DC – NOVEMBER 19: Filmmaker and honoree Steven Spielberg (C) reads from Rep. Thaddeus Stevens’ handwritten joint resolution of December 9, 1861 proposing the abolition of slavery, as Foundation for the National Archives Board Vice President and Gala Chair Ken Burns (L), Executive Director of the Foundation for the National Archives Patrick Madden (2nd R), and Foundation for the National Archives Chair and President A’Lelia Bundles (R) look on at the Foundation for the National Archives 2013 Records of Achievement award ceremony and gala in honor of Steven Spielberg on November 19, 2013 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Michael Loccisano/Getty Images for Foundation for the National Archives)