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The Bill of Rights at the Schoolhouse Gate
Join the National Archives and iCivics for a timely discussion about the application of the Bill of Rights in schools
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His Very Best: Jimmy Carter, A Life
In "His Very Best," award-winning historian Jonathan Alter tells the story of an enigmatic man of faith and his improbable journey from barefoot boy to global icon.
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The Four Continents – An Open Dialogue
Join us for the second discussion about the Four Continents statues at the Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House in New York City.
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Demagogue: The Life and Long Shadow of Senator Joe McCarthy
Author Larry Tye charts the legacy of Joe McCarthy in "Demagogue."
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A Georgetown Life: The Reminiscences of Britannia Wellington Peter Kennon
Grant Quertermous tells the story of life in the oldest neighborhood in the nation's capital in his book, "A Georgetown Life."
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Young Learners Program: Abraham Lincoln and the 1863 Thanksgiving Proclamation
Please join us for our National Archives Comes Alive! Fall Series Program about how Thanksgiving became a national holiday.
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75th Anniversary - The Bennett Forum On The Presidency - Virtual Event
Just days after what is proving to be a truly unprecedented presidential election, historian and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jon Meacham will join us as the featured guest at the Bennett Forum on the Presidency.
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A Question of Freedom: The Families Who Challenged Slavery from the Nation’s Founding to the Civil War
William G. Thomas III recounts the story of the longest and most complex legal challenge to slavery in American history.
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The Lenin Plot: The Untold Story of America’s Midnight War Against Russia
Author Barnes Carr discusses an audacious World War I spy plot—a plan to mount a coup against Soviet dictator Lenin and get Russia back into the war.
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Supreme Court Justice Louis D. Brandeis and Social Justice
In the 1910s, the "House of Truth" was a meeting place for young progressives, including Felix Frankfurter, Walter Lippmann, and Louis Brandeis.