Happy World Book Day! 📚 In 1917 as the country entered #WWI, the Executive Board of the American Library Association created a Committee on Mobilization and War Service Plans with the mission...
The National Archives has unveiled a new state-of-the-art digitization center! Equipment in the new center includes high-speed scanners and overhead camera systems that handle various record typ...
POWER AND LIGHT EXHIBIT 💡 Immerse yourself in the Power & Light exhibit , a profound exploration of the coal miner’s life in 1946 America through the compassionate lens of Russell Lee. A ma...
CALL TO ARMS! IS READING CURSIVE YOUR SUPERPOWER? 📜🔍 The National Archives and the National Park Service are collaborating on a special project to transcribe the #RevolutionaryWar veteran ...
TAILSPIN TAPESTRIES: THE COLORFUL FACES OF WWII AIRCRAFT 🃏 Nose art, the decorative painting or design on the fuselage of military aircraft, has a storied history that peaked during World W...
⚾ Before #WWII, women played #baseball in junior and minor leagues throughout the United States. In 1930, Universal News highlighted a “All-Girls Teams in Slug-fest,” a game played between ...
fdrlibrary : > A WOMAN’S WAR > > Personnel shortages led the military to enlist more than 300,000 > women volunteers during World War II. All of the military service...
todaysdocument : > “PFC. JOHNNIE MAE WELTON, NEGRO WAC, LABORATORY TECHNICIAN > TRAINEE, CONDUCTS AN EXPERIMENT IN THE SEROLOGY LABORATORY SF THE > FORT JACKSON STATION ...
usnatarchives : > “It’s a tradition with us, mister!” - VOLUNTEER FOR THE > #REVWARVETS MISSION TODAY. > > Under the alias Robert Shurtliff, DEBORAH GANNETT serve...
WE’RE ON A MISSION TO MAKE HISTORY EVEN MORE ACCESSIBLE AND ENGAGING FOR YOU! From the towering majesty of the Golden Gate Bridge to the innovative designs of the Hoover Dam, the National Arch...
KATHERINE JOHNSON: THE MATHEMATICIAN WHO LAUNCHED ASTRONAUTS INTO SPACE AND WOMEN INTO STEM 🚀👩🚀 In the vast expanse of the cosmos, where men first dreamed of reaching the stars, Kat...
THE BANNERS WENT UP TODAY FOR OUR NEW EXHIBIT! “POWER & LIGHT: RUSSELL LEE’S COAL SURVEY” FEATURES MORE THAN 200 OF RUSSELL LEE’S PHOTOGRAPHS OF COAL MINERS AND THEIR FAMILIES. THE MAN ...
“It’s a tradition with us, mister!” - VOLUNTEER FOR THE #REVWARVETS MISSION TODAY. Under the alias Robert Shurtliff, DEBORAH GANNETT served valiantly for over two years. She braved the ba...
THE WAVES OF CHANGE: WOMEN’S VALIANT SERVICE IN WORLD WAR II 🌊 When the tides of World War II swelled, an unprecedented wave of women stepped forward to serve their country, becoming an in...
March is #WOMENSHISTORYMONTH and March 8 is International Women’s Day. The National Archives is celebrating with special programs on women throughout the month. Learn more about these program...
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“I WAS IN MONMOUTH BATTLE AND MANY OTHERS AND RECEIVED A WOUND IN MY FACE FROM A BALL, THE SCAR OF WHICH IS STILL VISIBLE.” – Robert Green, veteran Robert Green gave this testimony at the...
WITH THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES CATALOG, YOU CAN DIVE INTO THE FASCINATING STORIES OF AMERICAN WOMEN WHO SOARED TO NEW HEIGHTS IN AVIATION! THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES CATALOG REVEALS THE DARING AND DETERMI...
Charles Alston: A Luminary of the Harlem Renaissance and Beyond In the heart of the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s and 1930s, Charles Alston emerged as a beacon of creativity and activism, ble...
Skyward Bound: The Willa Beatrice Brown Story ✈ Celebrating Black History Month, we honor Willa Beatrice Brown, a trailblazer in aviation and civil rights activism. Willa Brown, born in 1906 ...