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• All National Archives research rooms will be closed on Monday, May 28, in observance of Memorial Day. Museums in Washington, DC, and at the Presidential libraries will be open.
  
  
• Immigration files opened in San Francisco and research center named for Tom Lantos.
  
  
• Largest photography exhibit ever on the Roosevelts now at FDR Library.
  
  
• A new video goes behind the scenes to look at digitizing Civil War widows' pension files.
  
  
• See the Homestead Act of 1862 at the Homestead National Monument in Beatrice, NE, through May 28.
  
  
• Our Genealogy Fair was held on April 18-19 in Washington, DC.
  
  
• Records of the DC Emancipation Act of 1862 are featured in a new video.
  
  
• A new DocsTeach app for the iPad is now available.
  
  
• A new video takes you inside the Titanic-related records in the National Archives.
  
  
• Apply for the 2012 Legislative Archives Fellowship.
  
  
• The 1940 census is now open!
  
  
• Two new "Hitler Albums" documenting looted art presented to the National Archives.
  
  
• "Boxing Our Treasures," a new video short, shows how custom boxes are made for unique holdings.
  
  
• Primarily Teaching summer workshops will be held in seven locations across the country.
  
  
• Prepare for the 1940 census with our new website and behind-the-scenes video.
  
  
• Friendship 7 movie marks the 50th anniversary of the first American in orbit on February 20.
  
  
• Learn about "George Washington and the Paparazzi" in a video short.
  
  
• Winners of DOCUMERICA-inspired contest are announced.
  
  
• The Archivist issued a statement on Barry Landau's guilty plea.
  
  
• "Benjamin Franklin: In Search of a Better World" exhibit opened February 10 in Washington, DC.
  
  
• "The Encasement of Magna Carta," a video short, goes behind the scenes at NIST and NARA.
  
  
• Newly discovered Air Force One recordings after JFK's assassination have been accessioned.
  
  
• Girl in iconic photo of the 1963 March on Washington identified in Inside the Vaults video.
  
  
• Genealogy "how to" workshops now available as online videos.
  
  

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