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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

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January February March

Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday - Jan. 15

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)



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



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

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

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

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

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)

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

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

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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