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A bipartisan panel discussion features current and former Members of Congress and their families discussing the unique lifestyle of political life.
A bipartisan panel of former Members of Congress analyzes the results of the November 4, 2014 midterm elections and the implications for President Obama.
The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism issued a national challenge to design a wearable device to measure blood alcohol levels.
A panel discussion at the National Archives emphasizes that the First Amendment guarantees freedom of speech and of the press, linking independent media to the rule of law.
A panel discussion features Ted Koppel, Yasutsune “Tony” Hirashiki, and Barrie Dunsmore, focusing on the role of television journalism during the Vietnam War.
A panel discussion features former Congresswoman Jane Harman and D.C. Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton, focusing on the role of citizen engagement in shaping policy.
58,000 names are inscribed on the Vietnam War Memorial, a site that became the center of a heated debate over its design from 1979 to 1984.
An 1893 petition for a department of roads contains 150,000 signatures and weighs 600 pounds, illustrating the scale of political engagement in America.
The National Archives holds approximately 13 billion pieces of paper, including records from 14 presidential libraries, as part of its mission to preserve government documents.
A 1779 advertisement in a Baltimore newspaper listed the clothing items a woman named Nanny took with her as she escaped to freedom.
A panel discussion commemorates the 35th anniversary of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, which was dedicated on November 13, 1982.
On April 16, 1862, the DC Compensated Emancipation Act became law, freeing 3,100 enslaved individuals in Washington, D.C.
More than 100 readers, including living presidents and Supreme Court justices, participated in a filmed reading of the nation's founding documents.
Four former White House press secretaries discuss their roles and the evolution of communication strategies from Herbert Hoover to Barack Obama.
A panel discussion features prominent women in technology, including Grace Hopper and Katherine Johnson, addressing the evolution of women's roles in the field.
A distinguished panel of journalists and policy influencers discusses ethics in journalism at the inaugural McGowan Forum on Ethics in Leadership.
Every two years, elections create turnover in the House of Representatives and the Senate, with some years seeing significant shifts in seats.
David Ferriero oversees over 10 billion pages of textual records and nearly 50 million photographs as the 10th Archivist of the United States.
Alexander Tsesis argues that the preamble to the Constitution should play a central role in understanding contemporary issues like health care and campaign financing.
The National Archives holds over 15 billion sheets of paper, 44 million photographs, and more than 6 billion electronic records.
