Tahe Zalal, Story Preserver, 50 Tahe Zalal has held centuries in her hands. Prints by Warhol and Ellsworth Kelly. Letters signed by George Washington. Marriage bonds that showed the taxes to be paid to the King of England. Until one day in January of 1777, the courthouse clerk crossed off “King” and wrote “Commonwealth.” One word, signaling a seismic shift: a subject becoming a citizen. “Sometimes the most powerful thing is just a change in a word; that’s history whispering to you,