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Learn about the National Archives in Washington DC with our complete information guide featuring historical facts, pictures, and things to do nearby.

Every birth, death, and marriage is recorded in these color-coded leather-bound books.

The only man to ever serve as both secretary of state and secretary of defense, his greatest achievement may have been devising the Marshall Plan, which rebuilt a devastated Europe after World War II.

National Archives - Washington DC - went there to do genealogy research

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The First National Bank building showing Society Bank as occupant on corner of State and Broadway, Salem, Ohio. Also pictured is the clock.

[Photo] Admiral William Halsey having Thanksgiving dinner with the crew of battleship USS New Jersey, his flagship, 30 Nov 1944 | World War II Database

Although The National Archives has temporarily shut its doors, it has made millions of digital records free to download. Here Sarah Williams reveals what’s on offer and how family historians everywhere can benefit

On this day (Dec 1) in 1955, she refused to give up her seat to a white man on the bus she was riding. Rosa Parks' arrest and subsequent trial in Montgomery, Alabama and the 381 day successful Montgomery Bus boycott calling to end bus segregation in recognition of that trial introduced many people to the young reverend Martin Luther King Jr. and the beginning of the modern Civil Rights movement. http://history1900s.about.com/od/1950s/qt/RosaParks.htm

Trade catalog, Text, Illus, CCA ID:96-B1719, 1946, 36 p, 28 cm

Digital director John Sheridan tells PublicTechnology how new technology is changing not only how the UK’s official archive operates, but is altering the very nature of archiving The National Archives has about 600 staff - one in six of whom are focused on digital Credit: PA There can be few, if

28 p. ; ill. ; 34 cm. ; trade catalog

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WAVES stand on the dock as they watch Navy men they have replaced in shore billets take their places on the fighting crew of a warship. Exchanging best wishes for a happy cruise: WAVES are Elizabeth M. Bruckman; W. Jean Fenn; and Joan Faris. Photo comes from the National Archives, c. January 1943.

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One student's quest to explore Penn State through music

Buy the New York City Celebrates End of WWI Photo Print for sale at The McMahan Photo Art Gallery and Archive.

Is probably what inspired me most during this past week as Gerardo and I took Monica and Andrew for our summer vacation to Washington D.C. This is a scene from the outside the library as we were entering ... Once...