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Lunch & Learn: Politics on the Platform


This program is part of a series celebrating the Women's Suffrage Centennial. Find an Event

Defense in the Age of Covid 19: A Fireside Chat with Under Secretary Ellen Lord


Speaking with Reagan Institute Director Roger Zakheim, Ms. Lord will discuss U.S. defense policy in the era of COVID-19, the national security innovation base, and how flat defense budgets will impact the Pentagon. Find an Event

A Virtual Conversation with Chairman of the National Governors Association Governor Larry Hogan


Speaking with the Chairman of the NGA Association, Governor Larry Hogan, on the launch date for his new book, Still Standing: Surviving Cancer, Riots, a Global Pandemic, and the Toxic Politics that Divide America. Find an Event

Lunch & Learn Series - October 2020


Learn about the struggle for the vote in the National Archives' exhibit "Rightfully Hers: American Women and the Vote." Find an Event

Virtual Journey of the Declaration of Independence: The Declaration is Officially Signed


Learn how the Declaration was a building block for the new United States, and its permanent home in the Rotunda of the National Archives in Washington, DC. Find an Event

Virtual Journey of the Declaration of Independence: The Final Version of the Declaration


Learn from Timothy Matlack about the parchment and ink he used for the final version of the Declaration of Independence. Find an Event

Virtual Journey of the Declaration of Independence: The Declaration is Sent Across the Colonies


Trace the path of the Declaration of Independence as copies were sent across the colonies to be read in public places, and find out Abigail Adams's response to hearing it read in Boston. Find an Event

July 4th at the National Archives!


Learn how John Dunlap printed his famous copies of the Declaration of Independence—now known as the Dunlap broadside. Find an Event

Virtual Journey of the Declaration of Independence: Congress Adopts the Declaration


John Adams shares his thoughts on government on the date when Congress reconvened and prepared to officially adopt the Declaration of Independence. Find an Event

Virtual Journey of the Declaration of Independence: Writing the Declaration


Learn how Thomas Jefferson and the Committee of Five decided that the “expression of the American Mind” required a new document – the Declaration of Independence.
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