Just in time for Groundhog Day, this latest find comes courtesy of Gary H. Stern, Archives Specialist on NARA’s Digital Strategies and Services Staff, who’s too busy creating new archival descriptions to post this himself. While clearly not as significant as the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, the groundhog and its owner are just a bit cuter.  Be [...]

Hello! This is Kristin Davidson, a member of the Social Media Team here at the National Archives.  In honor of Groundhog Day, I wanted to share this telegram with you.  Hope you enjoy looking at this document as much as I did. In 1974, the Smithsonian National Zoo donated two groundhogs and three opossums to the [...]

This treaty, signed on February 2, 1848, ended the war between the United States and Mexico. By its terms, Mexico ceded 55 percent of its territory, including parts of present-day Arizona, California, New Mexico, Texas, Colorado, Nevada, and Utah, to the United States.