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The Next Victims Of Sequestration

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.01.2013 | Politics
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WASHINGTON -- History buffs may be the next victim of sequestration as cuts begin to hit federal record keepers. The National Archives and Records ...

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So Five Former Chiefs of Staff Walk Into a Bar....

Joan Michelson | Posted 04.04.2013 | Politics
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Joan Michelson

This Chief of Staff to the POTUS is a fascinating role. It's not in the Constitution and didn't even exist until World War II, moderator David Gergen pointed out, yet it wields tremendous power.

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Another Washington Tradition Falls To Sequestration

AP | Posted 05.15.2013 | Politics
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WASHINGTON -- The National Archives is canceling reservations for late afternoon and evening tours due to automatic federal budget cuts taking effect....

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Unbelievable Theft Leads To Big Change

AP | JESSICA GRESKO | Posted 03.07.2013 | DC
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WASHINGTON -- When investigators seeking stolen historical documents entered the Manhattan apartment of a memorabilia collector in 2011, they had just...

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The Income Tax is Not Turning 100 -- Yet

Joseph J. Thorndike | Posted 04.27.2013 | Politics
Read More: Income Tax, Tax Protester, National Archives, Sixteeenth Amendment, 1913, Income Tax Amendment, Tariffs, 16th Amendment, Philander Knox, Secretary of State, Politics News
Joseph J. Thorndike

Today is not the centennial of the income tax. If you're chomping at the bit to celebrate - and you're determined to ignore the Civil War version of the tax passed in 1862 - then you still have some waiting to do.

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PARTY LIKE IT'S 1863!

Posted 12.21.2012 | DC
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This is a New Year's Eve plan for history buffs. (Which, in D.C., we expect is most of us.) On Jan. 1, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln issued the E...

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Once-Secret Watergate Files Released

AP | STEPHEN BRAUN and RICHARD LARDNER | Posted 01.30.2013 | Politics
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WASHINGTON — Watergate Judge John J. Sirica aided the prosecution in pursuing the White House connection to the Democratic headquarters break-in...

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Nationals, French Underground, Woody Guthrie: HuffPost DC Top 5 For October 12, 13, 14

The Huffington Post | Brandon Wetherbee | Posted 10.12.2012 | DC
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TOP 5 FOR FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12 1. Cardinals Vs Nationals At Nationals Park Yes! This is awesome! More baseball! #NATITUDE 8:30 p.m. 2. Orioles Vs...

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JFK Missile Crisis Documents, Recordings Going On Display

AP | BRETT ZONGKER | Posted 12.10.2012 | DC
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WASHINGTON — Fifty years after the Cuban missile crisis, the National Archives has pulled together documents and secret White House recordings t...

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See George Washington's Written-On, Very Expensive Constitution

Posted 09.17.2012 | DC
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WASHINGTON -- The United States Constitution was signed 225 years ago on Sept. 17, 1787. You could celebrate by considering how the Constitution ought...

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What Do You Know About the Constitution?

William E. White | Posted 11.12.2012 | Home
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William E. White

Our Constitution is constantly bandied about, quoted, cited, and interpreted by every pundit from every media outlet and every political persuasion. Don't just take their word for it. What do you actually know about the Constitution? What do your children know about the Constitution?

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Kyle Kinane At DC Improv: HuffPost DC Top 5 For August 23

The Huffington Post | Brandon Wetherbee | Posted 08.23.2012 | DC
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TOP 5 FOR THURSDAY, AUGUST 23 1. Kyle Kinane At DC Improv He's opened for Patton Oswalt for multiple years. He destroyed Anthony Jeselnik on Doug ...

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The Brian Jonestown Massacre At 9:30 Club: HuffPost DC Top 5 For August 22

The Huffington Post | Brandon Wetherbee | Posted 08.22.2012 | DC
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TOP 5 FOR WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22 1. The Brian Jonestown Massacre At 9:30 Club Most people know the band from the documentary "Dig!" -- frontman Anto...

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It's Our Responsibility

William E. White | Posted 09.30.2012 | Home
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William E. White

Who's responsible for instilling in our young people an appreciation for history and citizenship? Many of us -- teachers, educators, and members of the public alike -- are very concerned about the demise of social studies.

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What I Found (And Found Out) At The National Archives

Zoe P. Strassfield | Posted 09.01.2012 | DC
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Zoe P. Strassfield

Preserving freedom is serious business. The Declaration of Independence is rather hard to read in places because it was stored in direct sunlight for many years -- a definite no-no for historical artifacts.

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Lady Bird Johnson, Pat Nixon Celebrated At Archives

AP | Posted 06.05.2012 | DC
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WASHINGTON -- The National Archives is marking what would have been the 100th birthdays of two former first ladies: Pat Nixon and Lady Bird Johnson. ...

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Boxes of Top Secret Documents Go Missing

The Center for Public Integrity | Posted 07.04.2012 | Politics
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The Center for Public Integrity

By Aaron Mehta and R. Jeffrey SmithiWatch NewsThe Justice Department has been increasingly eager to prosecute officials for leaks of classified...

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Amateur Sleuth Helps Stop National Archives Thefts

AP | JESSICA GRESKO | Posted 07.02.2012 | DC
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WASHINGTON — When J. David Goldin saw the recorded interview of baseball great Babe Ruth for sale on eBay he knew something was wrong. There was...

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Find Al Capone (And Your Family) In 1940 Miami Census Data

The Huffington Post | Christiana Lilly | Posted 05.09.2012 | Miami
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In 1940, there were only four cities in the county we didn't yet call Miami-Dade. Thanks to the National Archives, who last week released handwrit...

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Celebrities in the 1940 Census

Megan Smolenyak | Posted 06.04.2012 | Celebrity
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Megan Smolenyak

One has to wonder if nine-year-old Neil Armstrong, who once spent his days walking around St. Mary's, Ohio, ever imagined that he would eventually be the first to walk on the moon.

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Make History in Your Pajamas

Megan Smolenyak | Posted 05.30.2012 | Home
Read More: Greatest Generation, National Archives, Dust Bowl, Immigration, Archives.com, 1940, Census, History, Wwii, Volunteering, Who Do You Think You Are?, Rita Wilson, Genealogy, World War II, Great Migration, Ellis Island, Great Depression, 1940 Census, Familysearch, Findmypast, Home News
Megan Smolenyak

On April 2nd, after a long wait of 72 years, the 1940 census will be released, and in a historic first, the collection will emerge online in digitized form -- a remarkable snapshot of a nation still recovering from the Great Depression and not yet aware of its approaching entry into war.

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A 'Significant Discovery' In Hitler Art Theft Case

AP | JAMIE STENGLE | Posted 05.27.2012 | Home
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DALLAS — Among the items U.S. soldiers seized from Adolf Hitler's Bavarian Alps hideaway in the closing days of World War II were albums meticul...

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National Archives Shows Benjamin Franklin's Papers

AP | Posted 02.10.2012 | DC
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WASHINGTON -- Documents from the National Archives are going on view to explore the life of Benjamin Franklin as a scientist, diplomat, philanthropist...

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PHOTOS: National Archives To Unveil Magna Carta After Repairs

AP | BRETT ZONGKER | Posted 04.03.2012 | DC
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WASHINGTON — A 715-year old copy of Magna Carta will soon return to public view at the National Archives after a conservation effort removed old...

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Gehry's Eisenhower Memorial Plan Incites 'Hostile' Questions

The Washington Post | Lisa De Moraes October 6, 2011 | Posted 12.07.2011 | Arts
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The world's most-famous architect sailed into a storm of old-fashioned Washington controversy this week. At a public conversation Wednesday at the ...

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