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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 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 ...
February 11, 2025
While there’s no air in the case that stores the U.S. Constitution (in fact, it’s inert argon gas), love ...
February 04, 2025
This week marks 235 years since the first official session of the U.S. Supreme Court. While the legislative and ...
January 28, 2025
The media, from the broadsides of the Revolutionary era to the dawn of television, has always shaped the Presidency ...