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Mutual Admiration and a Few Jokes
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Defiant in the Defense of Art: Three 'Monuments Women' Push for Postwar Reforms
Three women put their careers at risk to restore Nazi-seized art to their proper owners. More
The Men—and the Women—Who Built the Washington Monument
After decades of fund-raising and delays, the Washington Monument finally rose to completion. More
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Project Solarium Exercise
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Brian Stone Jr., author of Radical Adaptation
May 15, 7:00 p.m. to 8:15 p.m. CDT - Kansas City, MO
The Loves of Theodore Roosevelt: The Women Who Created a President
May 16, 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. EDT - Online
The National Archives Comes Alive! Young Learners Program: Meet Lewis and Clark
May 16, 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. EDT - Online
The Hamilton Scheme: An Epic Tale of Money and Power in the American Founding
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The Legacy of Brown v. Board of Education, 70 Years Later
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Photograph of Two Toboggans Starting Down the Slide at Silver Valley Winter Sports Area | RG 95 | Series: Historic Photographs, ca. 1880 - ca. 1970 | NAID 2128507
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Photograph of The Eastland (upside down) on Chicago River, Chicago | RG 21 | Series: Criminal Case Files, 1863 - 1969 | NAID 281841
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Declaration of Intention for Enrico Fermi | RG 21 | Series: Naturalization Petition and Record Books, 1906 - ca. 1975 | NAID 281852
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Photograph of Eugene V. Debs Speaking in Canton, Ohio | RG 21 | Series: Criminal Case Files, 1912 - 1986 | NAID 2641496
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Description of Allotment 105 for Kitchi o jan mwe we gi jig (Big George Skye) | RG 75 | Series: Surveys of Indian Industry, 1922 - 1922 | NAID 282246
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Home Card: What You Can Do to Help Win This War | RG 4 | Series: General Correspondence, 1917 - 1918 | NAID 20762195
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