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When FDR Said 'Play Ball'

FDR throws out the first baseball at a game at Griffith Stadium, Washington, DC , 1934

When America's entrance into World War II cast doubt on the future of baseball, FDR gave a "green light" to the national pastime. More

Searching for Captain Blye

Detail of a Customs Service license for William Blye

Find out how to use maritime records - at the National Archives at Boston and beyond - in your genealogical research. More

President Nixon talks to Apollo 11 astronauts, who are in a quarantine unit.

Moon Rocks and Moon Germs

Learn about the history of the Lunar Receiving Laboratory as NASA prepared for handling samples from the Moon. More

Events

Events

September 18, 11:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. CDT - Independence, MO
White Glove Wednesdays

September 18, 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. EDT - Grand Rapids, MI
Panel and Preview: The American Vice President

September 18, 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. CDT - Kansas City, MO
Harry S. Truman Book Award

September 19, 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. EDT - Online
National Archives Comes Alive! Young Learners Program: Meet Thomas Jefferson

September 20, 11:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. EDT - Little Rock, AR
Ask an Archivist, Converse with a Curator

September 20, 2:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. EDT - Little Rock, AR
Ask an Archivist, Converse with a Curator

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