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“Hamilton’s” Lin-Manuel Miranda, Thomas Kail & Ron Chernow to Receive National Archives Foundation Records of Achievement Award
June 15, 2016
The National Archives Foundation today announced that Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Ron Chernow, Tony-award winning film and theater director Thomas Kail, and Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning composer, lyricist and performer Lin-Manuel Miranda will receive its 2016 Records of Achievement Award. The honor... Read more
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Media Advisory: National Archives Opens Registration for ‘National Conversation on LGBTQ Human & Civil Rights’ in Chicago
June 8, 2016
The National Archives and the National Archives Foundation today opened registration for the “National Conversation on Rights and Justice: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer or Questioning (LGBTQ) Human Rights & Civil Rights,” in Chicago, July 15-16. Held from spring 2016 to early 2017, the
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Celebrate July 4th at the National Archives in DC and Across the Nation
June 6, 2016
The National Archives celebrates the 240th anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence with special events in Washington, DC, and at Presidential Libraries nationwide.
Celebrate July 4th at the National Archives in Washington, DC
WHAT: The National Archives in Washington, DC, will celebrate the 240th anniversary... Read more
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National Archives Hosts National Conversation on Rights and Justice in Atlanta
May 20, 2016
The National Archives launched the first in its “National Conversations” series today in Atlanta, in partnership with the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum and the National Archives Foundation.
Held from spring 2016 to early 2017, the “National Conversations” series will explore topics related to the continuing... Read more
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National Archives Foundation Launches Giveaway to Win Free Trip to DC for July 4 Celebration
May 9, 2016
The National Archives Foundation, the nonprofit partner to the National Archives, today launched a nationwide giveaway to allow a family of four to experience July 4th like never before, including travel to Washington, D.C. to celebrate our nation’s birth at the home of the original Declaration of Independence.
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