BOSTON (AP).- The old sign near its border that proclaims the upstate New York town of Whitehall to be the birthplace of the U.S. Navy is a bit worn out, town clerk Elaine Jones admits. Residents of several other Northeast towns might describe it anoth…
Robert F. Kennedy-Owned Emancipation Proclamation Up for Auction
NEW YORK (AP).- A copy of the Emancipation Proclamation signed by Lincoln and bought by Robert F. Kennedy, who drew inspiration from the document as he enforced civil rights legislation in the 1960s, is going up for auction and could fetch as much as $…
National Archives in Washington Puts Nazi Papers, The Nuremberg Laws, on Public View
WASHINGTON (AP).- The laws signed by Adolf Hitler taking away the citizenship of German Jews before the Holocaust were placed on rare public display Wednesday at the National Archives. The Nuremberg Laws were turned over to the archives in August by Th…
Robert F. Kennedy-Owned Emancipation Proclamation Up for Auction
NEW YORK (AP).- A copy of the Emancipation Proclamation signed by Lincoln and bought by Robert F. Kennedy, who drew inspiration from the document as he enforced civil rights legislation in the 1960s, is going up for auction and could fetch as much as $…
National Archives to House Infamous Nazi World War II Papers
SAN MARINO, CA (AP).- During the final days of World War II, as American soldiers were returning from Germany with swastika-inscribed helmets, flags and other Nazi memorabilia, Gen. George Patton was packing up his own set of souvenirs. The legendary f…
National Archives to House Infamous Nazi World War II Papers
SAN MARINO, CA (AP).- During the final days of World War II, as American soldiers were returning from Germany with swastika-inscribed helmets, flags and other Nazi memorabilia, Gen. George Patton was packing up his own set of souvenirs. The legendary f…
National Archives to House Infamous Nazi World War II Papers
SAN MARINO, CA (AP).- During the final days of World War II, as American soldiers were returning from Germany with swastika-inscribed helmets, flags and other Nazi memorabilia, Gen. George Patton was packing up his own set of souvenirs. The legendary f…
National Archives Reveals Newly Donated Franklin D. Roosevelt Papers
WASHINGTON (AP).- A handwritten letter from fascist Italian dictator Benito Mussolini congratulating President Franklin D. Roosevelt on his inauguration, and a note from a woman who had a brief affair with Roosevelt were shown to the public for the fir…
National Archives Reveals Newly Donated Franklin D. Roosevelt Papers
WASHINGTON (AP).- A handwritten letter from fascist Italian dictator Benito Mussolini congratulating President Franklin D. Roosevelt on his inauguration, and a note from a woman who had a brief affair with Roosevelt were shown to the public for the fir…
National Anthropological Archives Receives Grant from President’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities
WASHINGTON, DC.- The Smithsonian’s National Anthropological Archives has received a $323,000 “Save America’s Treasures” grant from the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities. The grant will ensure long-term preser…