Needham celebrates 300 years

Jason Sheriday, one of the Masons who accompanies the Bible, acknowledged that preservationists would prefer the Inaugural Bible be stored in a permanent case filled with inert gas like the one that protects the Declaration of Independence. However, the Masons say they want the Bible to be as accessible as possible. At left, an illustrated detail from a page in the Washington Bible .
Dan Adams/Globe Correspondent

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By Dan Adams, Globe Correspondent
Jason Sheriday, one of the Masons who accompanies the Bible, acknowledged that preservationists would prefer the Inaugural Bible be stored in a permanent case filled with inert gas like the one that protects the Declaration of Independence. However, the Masons say they want the Bible to be as accessible as possible.

At left, an illustrated detail from a page in the Washington Bible .