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Lunch & Learn with Author James Worthen
Author James Worthen presents his new book "George Humphrey, Charles Wilson, and Eisenhower's War on Spending" during this month's Lunch & Learn session.
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Lunch & Learn: Politics on the Platform
This program is part of a series celebrating the Women's Suffrage Centennial.
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Lunch & Learn Series - October 2020
Learn about the struggle for the vote in the National Archives' exhibit "Rightfully Hers: American Women and the Vote."
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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Virtual Journey of the Declaration of Independence: The Initial Move Toward Independence
Learn how Thomas Paine’s pamphlet Common Sense influenced the second Continental Congress and prompted Richard Henry Lee’s writing of the Lee Resolution.