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Read the Foundation’s weekly newsletter that explores untold stories of history through the records of our past. Weekly historical themes are often chosen to reflect relatable, current-day events.
April 22, 2025
Thomas Jefferson Building of the Library of Congress, 1995 In honor of the Library of Congress’s upcoming birthday on ...
April 15, 2025
The impact of the Emancipation Proclamation is undisputed, but did you know it was not the first major document ...
April 08, 2025
This April marks 233 years since the establishment of the first U.S. Mint in 1792. In addition to coins, ...
April 01, 2025
One of Washington D.C.’s most iconic sights is the annual blooming of the cherry trees along the Tidal Basin. ...
March 25, 2025
Starting with the Soviet Union’s launch of Sputnik 1 in 1957, “space,” which was once the final frontier of ...
March 18, 2025
This week in honor of Women’s History Month, we bring you an Archives Experience guest written by one of ...
March 11, 2025
The year 2025 marks 235 years since President George Washington delivered an address to Congress describing the state of ...
March 04, 2025
Yellowstone National Park, 2014 Works Progress Administration poster, c1939 Yellowstone National Park just turned 153 years old! Since its ...
February 25, 2025
Shot of the Washington Monument, Washington, D.C., 2001 The story of the construction of the Washington Monument is as ...
February 18, 2025
Sixty-three years ago, on February 20, 1962, Astronaut John Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth, circling ...