With little to show but enthusiasm, the development staff at the National Constitution Center managed to fund a dream.

By Margaret Battistelli Gardner

Two months before the center celebrated its first anniversary on July 4, Seiter talked about the fundraising task with a sigh so visible it lifted her shoulders and shrouded her face with a look that incorporated pride, weariness and incredulity — almost as if she, herself, couldn’t believe what her team had,accomplished.