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ARC Calendar

Anniversaries

Events (2006)	Sample ARC Keyword Searches
Dec. 28, 1856: Woodrow Wilson's Birthday (150th Anniv.)	Woodrow Wilson
1956: Interstate Highway System (50th Anniv.)	interstate highway%
Events (2007)	Sample ARC Keyword Searches
April 1607: Landing at Jamestown, Virginia (400th Anniv.)	Jamestown and Virginia
Sept. 1947: Founding of U.S. Air Force (60th Anniv.)	air force
March 1972: Passage of Title IX (Gender Equity in School Sports) (35th Anniv.)	Title IX or (gender and sports)

Heritage Months, Holidays, and Awareness Days in ARC

For additional information:

January	February	March
Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday - Jan. 15 Larger Version Civil Rights March on Washington, D.C. [Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., 08/28/1963]. ARC ID 542014. Still Pictures Unit (College Park, MD). Search in ARC with the keywords Martin Luther King	Black History Month See ARC search hints for African American History Presidents' Day (third Monday) Larger Version Portrait of George Washington. ARC ID 532860. Still Pictures Unit (College Park, MD). Search in ARC with the keywords Abraham Lincoln or George Washington	Women's History Month Larger Version Women Rivet Heaters at Puget Sound Navy Yard, Puget Sound, Washington, 05/29/1919. ARC ID 522877. Still Pictures Unit (College Park, MD). See ARC search hints for Women's History Greek American Heritage Month Search in ARC with the keywords Greek or Greece Irish American Heritage Month St. Patrick's Day - March 17 Search in ARC with the keywords Irish or Ireland
April	May	June
Earth Day - April 22 Larger Version Environmental Awareness Class of 3rd graders, Denver, Colorado, 1972, ARC ID 545311. Still Pictures Unit (College Park, MD). See ARC search hints for Environmental Records	Asian Pacific American Heritage Month See ARC search hints for Chinese Immigration Records or search in ARC with the keywords Asian American or Japanese or Chinese or Filipino or Thai Jewish American Heritage Month Search in ARC with the keywords Jewish Welfare Board or Jewish community Memorial Day - May 30 See ARC search hints for Military Records (WWII)	Caribbean American Heritage Month Search in ARC with the keyword Caribbean Flag Day - June 14 Larger Version How to handle the American Flag, ca. 1945, ARC ID 515593. Still Pictures Unit (College Park, MD). Search in ARC with the keywords flag and (American or America)
July	August	September
Independence Day - July 4th Larger Version Declaration of Independence. ARC ID 301682. Old Military and Civil Records (Washington, DC). Search in ARC with the keyword 301682 (Declaration of Independence) or the keywords 4th of July, or see ARC search hints for records related to American History	National Back to School Month Larger Version Elementary school children writing in a classroom, 1976. ARC ID 594263. Still Pictures Unit (College Park, MD). Search in ARC with the keywords classroom or teacher or school, or see our ARC Guide for Educators and Students	Constitution Day - Sept. 18 Search in ARC with the keyword Constitution Hispanic Heritage Month (Sept. 15-Oct. 15) Larger Version At the Mi Tierra Cafe, San Antonio, Texas, 1972. ARC ID 547779. Still Pictures Unit (College Park, MD). Search in ARC with the keywords hispanic or latino or latin american
October	November	December
Columbus Day (second Monday) Search in ARC with the keywords Christopher Columbus Italian American Heritage Month Search in ARC with the keywords Italian or Italy German American Heritage Month Search in ARC with the keywords German or Germany Polish American Heritage Month Search in ARC with the keywords Polish or Poland Halloween Search in ARC with the keyword Halloween	Veterans' Day - Nov. 11 See ARC search hints for Official Military Personnel Records, or search in ARC with the keywords Veterans Day American Indian Heritage Month See ARC search hints for Native American Records Larger Version Group of [Native American] women remove fish from a large net, ca. 1935. ARC ID 285727. NARA's Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Thanksgiving (fourth Thursday) Search in ARC with the keyword Thanksgiving	Winter Holiday Season Larger Version Home of Charles Henry King, paternal grandfather of Leslie Lynch King, Jr.; house depicted in snow-covered winter scene; painting was proposed as front piece for 1976 White House Christmas Card. ARC ID 187065. Gerald R. Ford Library (Ann Arbor, MI). Search in ARC with the keywords holidays or holiday or Christmas

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