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  • Bill of Rights Day Education Programs at the National Archives

    By Mary C. Ryan | National Archives News WASHINGTON, December 3, 2024 – In celebration of Bill of Rights Day on December 15, the National Archives will host a virtual teacher workshop for professional development on December 5 and three student webinars on December 13. These online programs will...

  • Join us as Inside the Vault Goes Inside the White House’s Holiday Celebration

    By Pete Lewis | National Archives News   Enlarge Alex Prud'homme, author of Dinner with the President: Food, Politics, and a History of Breaking Bread at the White House WASHINGTON, November 27, 2024 – On Wednesday, December 4, at 6 p.m. ET, the National Archives will host "Inside...

  • 6888th Postal Battalion Delivered High Spirits to Weary WWII Troops

    By Pete Lewis | National Archives News WASHINGTON, November 25, 2024 – Mail is probably not the first thing that comes to mind when you think of war, but ask any service member, and they’ll tell you how important mail call is to keeping troop morale high. During the darkest days of World War II in...

  • Austin’s LBJ Library New Home to Vietnam Veterans Memorial

    By Pete Lewis | National Archives News WASHINGTON, November 18, 2024 – For more than four decades, visitors have been able to see the Vietnam Veterans Memorial just outside of the National Mall in Washington, DC. Now, for the first time ever, an original piece of this memorial is available to view...

  • Inside the Vault Takes to the Skies to Discuss Masters of the Air

    By Angela Tudico | National Archives News WASHINGTON, November 13, 2024 — The second installment of the National Archives’ new monthly virtual program, Inside the Vault, takes flight with "Masters of the Air: America's Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War" on Monday, November 18 at 6 p.m. ET....

  • National Archives Honors 80th Anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge

    By Pete Lewis | National Archives News WASHINGTON, November 6, 2024 – Next week, the National Archives will host a discussion featuring two WWII veterans of the Battle of the Bulge, Frank Cohn and Harry Miller, who will share their eyewitness accounts of this critical conflict in honor of the 80th...

  • National Archives Aids in Tulsa Riot Mass Burial Identification

    By Cara Moore Lebonick | National Archives News ST. LOUIS, November 4, 2024 — On the 100-year anniversary of race riots erupting in the predominantly Black-populated and affluent Greenwood District in the city of Tulsa, OK, the city launched an investigation into unmarked graves in likely mass...

  • Archives to Host Book Talk on Constitution’s Role in Maintaining Government

    By Pete Lewis | National Archives News WASHINGTON, October 24, 2024 – Why is the Constitution important? How does it affect our government and the rule of law? On Tuesday, October 29, at 6 p.m. ET, Archivist of the United States Dr. Colleen Shogan will welcome authors Dennis Hale and Marc Landy to...

  • National Archives Digitizes Thousands of Images for Russell Lee Exhibit

    By Pete Lewis | National Archives News WASHINGTON, October 28, 2024 – The exhibition Power & Light: Russell Lee’s Coal Survey debuted at the National Archives in Washington, DC, on March 16, but the entire archival series is substantially larger than the 200 images on display. Archivists...

  • National Archives Hosts Space-Themed Family Sleepover Event

    By Jenna Edwards | National Archives News WASHINGTON, October 23, 2024 – More than a hundred guests from as far as Massachusetts poured into the National Archives Building in Washington, DC, for a fun and historic space-themed sleepover during the third weekend in October. ...
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