Washington, DC - 10:00am to 4:00pm

Featured Activity in ReSource Room: DC Compensated Emancipation Act

The DC Compensated Emancipation Act freed approximately 3,100 enslaved people and allowed former slaveholders to petition the Government for compensation.

Washington, DC - 10:00am to 4:00pm

Featured Activity in ReSource Room: DC Compensated Emancipation Act

The DC Compensated Emancipation Act freed approximately 3,100 enslaved people and allowed former slaveholders to petition the Government for compensation.

Washington, DC - 12:00pm to 1:00pm

The Hello Girls: America’s First Women Soldiers

In 1918, the U.S. Army Signal Corps, at the insistence of General John J. Pershing, sent 223 American women to France because they were masters of the latest technology: the telephone switchboard

Washington, DC - 10:00am to 4:00pm

Featured Activity in ReSource Room: DC Compensated Emancipation Act

The DC Compensated Emancipation Act freed approximately 3,100 enslaved people and allowed former slaveholders to petition the Government for compensation.

Washington, DC - 10:00am to 4:00pm

Featured Activity in ReSource Room: DC Compensated Emancipation Act

The DC Compensated Emancipation Act freed approximately 3,100 enslaved people and allowed former slaveholders to petition the Government for compensation.

Washington, DC - 12:00pm to 4:00pm

“Help! I’m Stuck” Genealogy

Genealogy Consultations

Washington, DC - 10:00am to 4:00pm

Sports in the Archives Family Day

Sports in the Archives Family Day

Washington, DC - 10:00am to 4:00pm

Featured Activity in ReSource Room: DC Compensated Emancipation Act

The DC Compensation Emancipation Act freed approximately 3,100 enslaved people and allowed former slaveholders to petition the Government for compensation.

Washington, DC - 12:00pm to 1:00pm

Ike and McCarthy: Dwight Eisenhower’s Secret Campaign Against Joseph McCarthy

Ike and McCarthy: Dwight Eisenhower’s Secret Campaign Against Joseph McCarthy

Washington, DC - 10:00am to 4:00pm

Featured Activity in ReSource Room: DC Compensated Emancipation Act

The DC Compensated Emancipation Act freed approximately 3,100 enslaved people and allowed former slaveholders to petition the Government for compensation.

Washington, DC - 7:00pm to 9:00pm

When the United States Spoke French—The Role of France in the American Revolution and its Aftermath

Authors Larrie Ferreiro and François Furstenberg will discuss French involvement in the Revolutionary War .

Washington, DC - 10:00am to 4:00pm

Featured Activity in ReSource Room: DC Compensated Emancipation Act

The DC Compensated Emancipation Act freed approximately 3,100 enslaved people and allowed former slaveholders to petition the Government for compensation.

Washington, DC - 2:00pm to 3:00pm

The Truman Doctrine and the Origins of the Cold War

The Truman Doctrine and the Origins of the Cold War

Washington, DC - 10:00am to 11:00am

Story Time in the ReSource Room for Pre-Schoolers and Adults

Story Time in the ReSource Room for Pre-Schoolers and Adults

Washington, DC - 10:00am to 4:00pm

Featured Activity in ReSource Room: DC Compensated Emancipation Act

The DC Compensated Emancipation Act freed approximately 3,100 enslaved people and allowed former slaveholders to petition the Government for compensation.

Washington, DC - 10:00am to 4:00pm

Featured Activity in ReSource Room: DC Compensated Emancipation Act

The DC Compensated Emancipation Act freed approximately 3,100 enslaved people and allowed former slaveholders to petition the Government for compensation.

Washington, DC - 10:00am to 4:00pm

Featured Activity in ReSource Room: DC Compensated Emancipation Act

The DC Compensated Emancipation Act freed approximately 3,100 enslaved people and allowed former slaveholders to petition the Government for compensation.

Washington, DC - 10:00am to 4:00pm

Featured Activity in ReSource Room: DC Compensated Emancipation Act

The DC Compensated Emancipation Act freed approximately 3,100 enslaved people and allowed former slaveholders to petition the Government for compensation.

Washington, DC - 10:00am to 4:00pm

Featured Activity in ReSource Room: DC Compensated Emancipation Act

The DC Compensated Emancipation Act freed approximately 3,100 enslaved people and allowed former slaveholders to petition the Government for Compensation.

Washington, DC - 7:00pm to 9:00pm

100 Years: World War I and The Weight of Sacrifice

April 2017 marks the 100th anniversary of American entry into World War I.

Washington, DC - 10:00am to 4:00pm

Featured Activity in ReSource Room: DC Compensated Emancipation Act

The DC Compensated Emancipation Act freed 3,100 enslaved people and allowed former slaveholders to petition the Government for compensation.

Washington, DC - 2:00pm to 3:00pm

“Hidden Treasure” Panoramic Photographs

Historic panoramic photographs in our Still Picture Holdings taken of the Alaska Territory between 1910 and 1932

Washington, DC - 10:00am to 4:00pm

Featured Activity in ReSource Room: DC Compensated Emancipation Act

The DC Compensated Emancipation Act freed approximately 3,100 enslaved people and allowed former slaveholders to petition the Government for compensation.

New York, NY - 12:00pm to 1:00pm

Online Veterans and Military Documents - Part 1

Learn about military records, from photos to documents that are searchable in the National Archives Catalog and Access to Archival Databases (AAD) systems. Revolutionary War through WW1.

Washington, DC - 10:00am to 4:00pm

Featured Activity in ReSource Room: DC Compensated Emancipation Act

The DC Compensated Emancipation Act freed approximately 3,100 enslaved people and allowed former slaveholders to petition the Government for compensation.

Washington, DC - 10:00am to 4:00pm

Featured Activity in ReSource Room: DC Compensated Emancipation Act

The DC Compensated Emancipation Act freed approximately 3,100 enslaved people and allow former slaveholders to petition the Government for compensation.

Washington, DC - 10:00am to 4:00pm

Featured Activity in ReSource Room: DC Compensated Emancipation Act

The DC Compensated Emancipation Act freed approximately 3,100 enslaved people and allowed former slaveholders to petition the Government for compensation.

Dallas/Fort Worth Area - 12:00pm to 1:00pm

Introduction to Military Records

Learn how to access, request, and decipher military personnel records stored at the National Archives in St. Louis.

Washington, DC - 10:00am to 4:00pm

Featured Activity in ReSource Room: DC Compensated Emancipation Act

The DC Compensated Emancipation Act freed approximately 3,100 enslaved people and allowed former slaveholders to petition the Government for compensation.

Washington, DC - 10:00am to 4:00pm

Featured Activity in ReSource Room: DC Compensated Emancipation Act

 The DC Compensated Emancipation Act freed approximately 3,100 enslaved people and allowed former slaveholders to petition the Government for compensation.

Ann Arbor, MI - 3:00pm

Inside the Private World of the White House: From the Staffers who Serve the Families to the First Ladies Who Run the White House

Kate Andersen Brower, best-selling author of The Residence: Inside the Private World of the White House and First Women: The Grace and the Power, captivated an overflow audience as she pulled back the curtain on the private lives of First Families through the experiences of the permanent White House residence staff, including butlers, maids, chefs, florists, plumbers, painters, and other staff, who make the White House run every day and serve at the whim of the President and their families.

Ann Arbor, MI - 3:00pm

Inside the Private World of the White House: From the Staffers who Serve the Families to the First Ladies Who Run the White House

Kate Andersen Brower, best-selling author of The Residence: Inside the Private World of the White House and First Women: The Grace and the Power, captivated an overflow audience as she pulled back the curtain on the private lives of First Families through the experiences of the permanent White House residence staff, including butlers, maids, chefs, florists, plumbers, painters, and other staff, who make the White House run every day and serve at the whim of the President and their families.

Ann Arbor, MI - 1:00pm

Inside the Private World of the White House: From the Staffers who Serve the Families to the First Ladies Who Run the White House

Kate Andersen Brower, best-selling author of The Residence: Inside the Private World of the White House and First Women: The Grace and the Power, captivated an overflow audience as she pulled back the curtain on the private lives of First Families through the experiences of the permanent White House residence staff, including butlers, maids, chefs, florists, plumbers, painters, and other staff, who make the White House run every day and serve at the whim of the President and their families.

Ann Arbor, MI - 1:00pm

Inside the Private World of the White House: From the Staffers who Serve the Families to the First Ladies Who Run the White House

Kate Andersen Brower, best-selling author of The Residence: Inside the Private World of the White House and First Women: The Grace and the Power, captivated an overflow audience as she pulled back the curtain on the private lives of First Families through the experiences of the permanent White House residence staff, including butlers, maids, chefs, florists, plumbers, painters, and other staff, who make the White House run every day and serve at the whim of the President and their families.

Ann Arbor, MI - 11:00am

Inside the Private World of the White House: From the Staffers who Serve the Families to the First Ladies Who Run the White House

Kate Andersen Brower, best-selling author of The Residence: Inside the Private World of the White House and First Women: The Grace and the Power, captivated an overflow audience as she pulled back the curtain on the private lives of First Families through the experiences of the permanent White House residence staff, including butlers, maids, chefs, florists, plumbers, painters, and other staff, who make the White House run every day and serve at the whim of the President and their families.

Ann Arbor, MI - 11:00am

Inside the Private World of the White House: From the Staffers who Serve the Families to the First Ladies Who Run the White House

Kate Andersen Brower, best-selling author of The Residence: Inside the Private World of the White House and First Women: The Grace and the Power, captivated an overflow audience as she pulled back the curtain on the private lives of First Families through the experiences of the permanent White House residence staff, including butlers, maids, chefs, florists, plumbers, painters, and other staff, who make the White House run every day and serve at the whim of the President and their families.

Online - 10:00am to 4:00pm

Featured Activity in ReSource Room: DC Compensated Emancipation Act

The DC Compensated Emancipation Act freed approximately 3,100 enslaved people and allowed former slaveholders to petition the Government for compensation.

Washington, DC - 10:00am to 4:00pm

Featured Activity in ReSource Room: DC Compensated Emancipation Act

The DC Compensated Emancipation Act freed approximately 3,100 enslaved people and allowed former slaveholders to petition the Government for compensation.

Kansas City, MO - 6:00am to 7:00pm

Election Day

Polling site all day

Washington, DC - 10:00am to 4:00pm

Featured Activity in ReSource Room: DC Compensated Emancipation Act

The DC Compensated Emancipation Act freed approximately 3,100 enslaved people and allowed former slaveholders to petition the Government for compensation