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“I am a little country boy eight years old.”
Today’s guest post is from Sherri DeCoursey, who used the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library to find a special piece of history for her father. For as long as I can remember, a photo of FDR and a letter have hung side-by-side in the den of Mom and Dad’s home. The yellowed letter, written by [...]
Posted by Hilary on February 20, 2013, under - Presidents, Letters in the National Archives, National Archives Near You.
Tags: archives, Arkansas, FDR, FDR Presidential Library, letters, Missy LeHand
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New York State of Mind–er, Archives
I’m beginning to wonder if we even covered the Civil War at all in AP History. Before joining the National Archives, I had never heard of the Battle of the Crater, did not know that Confederate ships sailed all over the world, and had no idea that the Civil War had a draft and you [...]
Posted by Hilary on July 6, 2010, under Uncategorized.
Tags: american history, AP History, archives, Civil War draft, Ellis Island, Harry Potter, J. summerfield Staples, Lincoln's substitute, NARA, national archives, National archives and records administration, National Archives at New York City, odd history, Pieces of History, prologue blog, Prologue magazine, random history, restricted, Varick Street, weird US history
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