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LGBTQI+ Pride Month
Posted on: June 01, 2024
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National Archives Commemorates 60 Years of the Civil Rights Act
Posted on: June 27, 2024
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Caribbean American Heritage Month
Posted on: June 01, 2024
In Depth
Mutual Admiration and a Few Jokes
![Harpo Marx and Harry Truman](/files/publications/prologue/2001/spring/harpo-marx-harry-truman-7865598.jpg)
Letters in the Truman Library reveal the unlikely relationship between President Harry Truman and two of the Marx Brothers. More
Defiant in the Defense of Art: Three 'Monuments Women' Push for Postwar Reforms
![Edith Standen and Rose Valland](/files/publications/prologue/2015/summer/images/standen-valland-260-wae-35-crop.jpg)
Three women put their careers at risk to restore Nazi-seized art to their proper owners. More
The Men—and the Women—Who Built the Washington Monument
![Robert Mills design for the Washington Monument](/files/publications/prologue/2016/spring/images/washington-monument-mills-design.jpg)
After decades of fund-raising and delays, the Washington Monument finally rose to completion. More
Events
July 1, 4:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. CDT - Independence, MO
For The People: Making Government Better
July 3, 2:00 p.m. to 4:15 p.m. EDT - Washington, DC
National Treasure Film Screening
July 4, 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. EDT - Washington, DC
July 4th at the National Archives!
July 4, 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. CDT - West Branch, IA
Free Fourth of July Concert featuring Iowa Brass
July 5, 8:45 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. EDT - Ann Arbor, MI
Exhibit Closes: Gerald Ford, the Vice-Presidency, and the 25th Amendment
July 8, 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. EDT - Online
Kid Detectives Family History Camp at the National Archives - Virtual Camp
Featured Blogs
Featured Photo Galleries
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Buffalo Soldiers ride at an unidentified ceremony at the U.S. Military Academy. [NAID 239940425; view in Catalog]
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Buffalo Soldiers ride at an unidentified ceremony at the U.S. Military Academy. [NAID 239940423; view in Catalog]
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Buffalo Soldiers ride at an unidentified ceremony at the U.S. Military Academy. [NAID 239940431; view in Catalog]
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Buffalo Soldiers ride at an unidentified ceremony at the U.S. Military Academy. [NAID 239940433; view in Catalog]
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Buffalo Soldiers ride at an unidentified ceremony at the U.S. Military Academy at the U.S. Military Academy. [NAID 239940429; view in Catalog]
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The Riding Hall at the U.S. Military Academy [NAID 239939033; view in Catalog]
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The Riding Hall at the U.S. Military Academy [NAID 239939035; view in Catalog]
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Equestrian Training at the U.S. Military Academy [NAID 239939037; view in Catalog]
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Equestrian Training at the U.S. Military Academy [NAID 239939039; view in Catalog]
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Equestrian Training at the U.S. Military Academy [NAID 239939041; view in Catalog]
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Cavalry Detachment Football Team at the U.S. Military Academy [NAID 239940159; view in Catalog]
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Cavalry Detachment Football Team at the U.S. Military Academy [NAID 239940157; view in Catalog]
Featured Videos
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A technician places two inflight pens and a penlight in the spacesuit pocket of Apollo 8 commander Frank Borman.
Apollo 8 crewmembers, left to right: James A. Lovell, Jr., William A. Anders, and Frank Borman photo taken November 22, 1968.
A view of the 363-foot-high Saturn V launch vehicle that will carry Apollo 8 astronauts Frank Borman, James Lovell, and William Anders into space, 10/9/1968.
Earthrise seen from Apollo 8. The astronauts saw the horizon vertically with the lunar surface to the right.
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Photograph of Two Toboggans Starting Down the Slide at Silver Valley Winter Sports Area | RG 95 | Series: Historic Photographs, ca. 1880 - ca. 1970 | NAID 2128507
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Photograph of The Eastland (upside down) on Chicago River, Chicago | RG 21 | Series: Criminal Case Files, 1863 - 1969 | NAID 281841
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Declaration of Intention for Enrico Fermi | RG 21 | Series: Naturalization Petition and Record Books, 1906 - ca. 1975 | NAID 281852
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Photograph of Eugene V. Debs Speaking in Canton, Ohio | RG 21 | Series: Criminal Case Files, 1912 - 1986 | NAID 2641496
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Description of Allotment 105 for Kitchi o jan mwe we gi jig (Big George Skye) | RG 75 | Series: Surveys of Indian Industry, 1922 - 1922 | NAID 282246
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Home Card: What You Can Do to Help Win This War | RG 4 | Series: General Correspondence, 1917 - 1918 | NAID 20762195
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