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July 4th at the National Archives!
On Friday, July 4, 2025, the National Archives will hold its annual Fourth of July program on the steps on Constitution Avenue.
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Happy 250th Birthday, America! (Grades K-2)
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The Constitution Rules! (Grades K-2)
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Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness (Grades 3-5)
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The Bill of Rights Protects You (Grades 6–12)
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"American Covenant: How the Constitution Unified Our Nation—and Could Again" with Yuval Levin
Archivist Colleen Shogan and Yuval Levin discuss his recent book, "American Covenant," which recovers the Constitution’s true genius and reveals how it charts a path to repairing America’s fault lines.
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Inside the Vault: Secret Messages, Ciphers, Codes, and Cryptology in American History
Hear from experts at the National Cryptologic Museum about how secret messages, ciphers, codes, and cryptology have played crucial roles throughout American history.
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Jubilee! Records of Emancipation at the National Archives and Records Administration
This Know Your Records presentation features emancipation-related records housed at the National Archives in Washington, DC
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The Tea on Tea! A Boston Tea Party Discussion with Our Nation’s Founding Women
Abigail Adams, former First Lady and founding mother, and Sarah Bradlee Fulton, also known as the “mother of the Boston Tea Party,” host a tea party discussion about the world in 1774.
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"Awakening the Spirit of America" with Paul M. Sparrow
Paul M. Sparrow's recent book," Awakening the Spirit of America," chronicles how FDR, with war looming in Europe faced adversaries from within the United States and preserved what he termed “the spirit of America.”