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  • National Archives Celebrates Freedom with Juneteenth Events

    By Pete Lewis | National Archives News WASHINGTON, June 21, 2024 – In celebration of Juneteenth, from June 18 to 20, the original Emancipation Proclamation and General Order No. 3 were on public display in the National Archives’ East and West Rotunda Galleries, respectively. The Archives held...

  • Conserving a Legacy of Freedom: Preparing General Order No. 3 for Public Display

    By Mary Ryan | National Archives News WASHINGTON, June 14, 2024 — This Juneteenth holiday, visitors to the National Archives in Washington, DC, will have the opportunity to see the original manuscript of the Army order issued by U.S. Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger on June 19, 1865, in Galveston, TX...

  • National Archives Hosts NATO 75th Anniversary Event

    By Pete Lewis | National Archives News WASHINGTON, May 30, 2024 – In celebration of the 75th anniversary of the founding of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, on May 28, the National Archives in Washington, DC, opened its doors to host a panel discussion with the Department of State on NATO’s...

  • National Archives Panel Examines Legacy of Brown v. Board on 70th Anniversary

    By Cara Moore Lebonick | National Archives News WASHINGTON, May 22, 2024 – On May 16, in celebration of the 70th anniversary of the Supreme Court Brown v. Board of Education decision, the National Archives in Washington, DC, hosted a panel discussion on the lasting impact of the historic legal...

  • National Archives Remembers 'The Great Crusade'

    By Pete Lewis | National Archives News WASHINGTON, May 23, 2024 – In the spring of 1944, the Allied Forces were ready to finally deliver a killing blow to their Axis enemies. Moving south from Britain by sea and air, and into Nazi-occupied northern France, “Operation Overlord,” more commonly known...

  • Moving Toward a User-Centered National Archives

    Shogan Covers Over 32,000 Miles in First Year, Prioritizing Access & Engagement   By Angela Tudico | National Archives News WASHINGTON, May 20, 2024 — One year after taking her oath of office, the Archivist of the United States Dr. Colleen Shogan is forging ahead with plans to...

  • New Web Page Highlights Records Held Around the Country

    By Pete Lewis | National Archives News WASHINGTON, May 15, 2024 —  Did you know that the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) isn’t just a building in Washington, DC? It’s actually a collection of more than 40 facilities nationwide, including field archives, federal records...

  • National Archives Celebrates AANHPI Voices in the American Story

    By Pete Lewis | National Archives News WASHINGTON, May 2, 2024 – In celebration of Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, the National Archives hosted a conversation on the role historians and media have played in our nation's cultural storytelling and the potential...

  • Shogan Discusses “Pursuit of Happiness” with Author Jeffrey Rosen

    By Pete Lewis | National Archives News WASHINGTON, April 29, 2024 — Classical Greek and Roman thinkers exerted a profound influence on America’s Founders, according to Jeffrey Rosen, author of “The Pursuit of Happiness: How Classical Writers on Virtue Inspired the Lives of the Founders and...

  • National Archives Promotes Teaching the History of D-Day Using Primary Sources

    By Pete Lewis | National Archives News WASHINGTON, April 29, 2024 — Code-named Operation Overlord, and often referred to as D-Day, the Normandy landings occurred on June 6, 1944, and were the largest amphibious invasion in history. The World War II operation began the Allied forces’ liberation of...
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