Tag: Philadelphia
Medal of Honor is now on display at the National Archives
The Medal of Honor is the highest honor in recognition of “gallantry in action.” Yet when President Abraham Lincoln signed “An act to further promote the efficiency of the Navy” into law on December 21, 1861, the creation of this honor is just a paragraph in section seven. Only 200 “medals of honor” were [...]
Posted by Hilary on December 6, 2011, under - Civil War, Letters in the National Archives, Unusual documents.
Tags: 14th New York Artillery, 1862, 37th Massachusetts Regimental Association, abraham lincoln, Lt. John S. Bradley, Medal of Honor, Navy, Pennsylvania, Petersburg, Philadelphia, Pvt. Samuel E. Eddy, Rotunda, Sailor’s Creek, Sgt. James Hill, virginia, William Wilson & Sons
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Cold Wars: Popsicle v. Good Humor
Today’s “What’s Cooking Wednesday” guest post is from Jefferson Moak, an archivist at the National Archives at Philadelphia. On a hot summer day, who’s not looking for an ice cream vendor or a Rita’s Water . . . Ice? Ice creams and water ices have been with Americans for over 100 years. In the early [...]
Posted by Hilary on July 13, 2011, under Unusual documents, What's Cooking Wednesdays.
Tags: 1932, ARC ID 5916721, courtroom, Good Humor Bar, Good Humor-Breyers Ice Cream, legal battle, Philadelphia, popsicle, U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware
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