Archive for 'Unusual documents'
The 150th Anniversary of the United States Colored Troops
Today’s blog post comes from archives specialist Jackie Budell. On May 22, 1863, the War Department issued General Orders 143, establishing a Bureau of Colored Troops in the Adjutant General’s Office to recruit and organize African American soldiers to fight for the Union Army. With this order, all African American regiments were designated as United [...]
Posted by Hilary on May 22, 2013, under - Civil War, Rare Photos, Unusual documents.
Tags: andrew johnson, Bureau of Colored Troops, digitization, Edmund Delaney, fold3, Fortune Wright, genealogy, hanging, Harvey C. Graves, kentucky, Louisiana, manumission, murder, Record Groud 94, self defense, slavery, trial, United States Colored Troops, USCT, war Department
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The 16th Amendment and 100 years of Federal income taxes
The 16th Amendment and the first Internal Revenue Bureau Form 1040 will be on display from April 1 to April 30 at the National Archives in Washington, DC. Today’s guest post comes to us from education and exhibit specialist Michael Hussey. “Congress shall have the power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever sources [...]
Posted by Hilary on April 2, 2013, under - Constitution, Unusual documents.
Tags: 16th Amendment, Constitution, Constitutional Amendments, income tax, taxes
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George Washington Writes in the Margins
Today’s blog post comes from Susan K. Donius, Director of the Office of Presidential Libraries at the National Archives. This post originally appeared on the White House blog. Last month, President Obama began his second Inaugural Address by saying, “Each time we gather to inaugurate a President we bear witness to the enduring strength of [...]
Posted by Hilary on February 18, 2013, under - Constitution, - Presidents, National Archives Near You, News and Events, Pennsylvania Avenue, Unusual documents.
Tags: Acts of Congress, george washington, Inauguration, Mount Vernon, notes, Presidency, presidential libraries
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Getting Ike into the Loop
Today’s post comes from Christopher Abraham at the Eisenhower Presidential Library. “I am a newspaper reporter and I would like to know if anything unusual happened during either of President Eisenhower’s inaugural ceremonies.” —Anonymous Have you ever seen a U.S. President lassoed by a cowboy? It likely qualifies as “unusual!” General Eisenhower related this [...]
Posted by Hilary on January 18, 2013, under - Presidents, Pennsylvania Avenue, Unusual documents.
Tags: cowboy hats, cowboys, guest blogger, inaugural parade, Inauguration, lasso, Nixon, rodeo, Secret service
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Putting on the glitz!
Today’s blog post comes from Jennifer Johnson, curator at the National Archives. The National Archives is known as the nation’s record keeper. But you may be surprised to learn that we also have a vast collection of gifts, given to Presidents, Vice Presidents, and their wives, that is astonishing in its variety. At the National [...]
Posted by Hilary on December 20, 2012, under Pennsylvania Avenue, Unusual documents.
Tags: Archivist of the United States, Cheney, diplomatic gifts, Gore, jewelry, King of Saudi Arabia
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