First Steps Toward Independence
On Friday, we celebrated another lively July 4th at the National Archives. Each year, hundreds gather to hear our cavalcade
Archives Experience Newsletter
Looking Back at America’s Milestone Birthdays
For obvious reasons, the 4th of July is one of the most beloved holidays at the National Archives. Don’t get
America on Track: Passenger Rail in U.S. History
May 1, 1971 marked the beginning of Amtrak, America’s national passenger railroad company. The founding of this federally chartered corporation,
Happy Birthday, Yellowstone!
Yellowstone National Park, 2014 Works Progress Administration poster, c1939 Yellowstone National Park just turned 153 years old! Since its establishment
On Air with the President
The media, from the broadsides of the Revolutionary era to the dawn of television, has always shaped the Presidency in