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 Message of President Andrew Jackson nominating his cabinet, 03/06/1829 (page 2 of 2)
 Campus scene, Kent State University (OH) 05/04/1970 ; Photographs and other Graphic Materials; Records of U.S. Attorneys and Marshals; Record Group 118; National Archives.
On May 4, 1970, several days of anti-war protests at Kent State University ended tragically when four students were killed and several wounded by Ohio National Guardsmen.
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 "RESIDENT OF ROXBURY, VERMONT, DRAWS OFF THE FINISHED SYRUP FROM A HOMEMADE EVAPORATOR. INSTEAD OF WORKING IN A SUGAR HOUSE HE SETS UP A MAKESHIFT RIG IN A NEW SPOT EACH YEAR TO USE FALLEN TIMBER AND LOOSE BRUSH TO FIRE THE SAWED-OFF OIL DRUM, 05/1974" (ARC ID 555526); Series: DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern, 1972 - 1977; Records of the Environmental Protection Agency, 1944 - 1999; Record Group 412; National Archives.
Taken in May, 1974, this photograph is from the EPA’s DOCUMERICA Program to document subjects of environmental concern in America during the 1970s. The caption reads: "Resident of Roxbury, Vermont, draws off the finished syrup from a homemade evaporator. Instead of working in a sugar house he sets up a makeshift rig in a new spot each year to use fallen timber and loose brush to fire the sawed-off oil drum, 05/1974."
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- Message of President Andrew Jackson nominating his cabinet, 03/06/1829 (page 2 of 2)
 Memo, cover plan to be used for downed U-2 flight; White House Office, Office of the Staff Seretary: Records, 1952-61 (Subject Series; Alphabetical Subseries), Box 15, Folder: Intelligence Matters (14); Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library; National Archives.
On May 1, 1960, an American U-2 spy plane piloted by Francis Gary Powers was shot down over Soviet air space. Dated May 2, this document details a cover story to be released regarding the flight.
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 Telegram, in code, from Theodore Roosevelt to Admiral Dewey, 02/26/1898 (ARC ID 300262); Naval Records Collection of the Office of Naval Records and Library, 1691 - 1945; Record Group 45; National Archives.
This telegram, in code from Assistant Secretary of the the Navy Theodore Roosevelt to Commodore George Dewey, Commander of the U.S. Asiatic Squadron, was sent without the knowledge of Secretary of the Navy Long. The telegram authorized Dewey to engage the Spanish fleet. On May 1, 1898, Dewey would destroy the Spanish fleet at the Battle of Manila Bay.
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 Louisiana Purchase Treaty, Page 1 Louisiana Purchase Treaty, Page 2
 Louisiana Purchase Treaty, April 30, 1803 (ARC ID 299807); General Records of the U.S. Government; Record Group 11; National Archives.
In this transaction with France, signed on April 30, 1803, the United States purchased 828,000 square miles of land west of the Mississippi River for $15 million. For roughly 4 cents an acre, the United States doubled its size, expanding the nation westward.
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- Message of President Andrew Jackson nominating his cabinet, 03/06/1829 (page 2 of 2)
 Treaty with the Sioux-Brule, Oglala, Miniconjou, Yanktonai, Hunkpapa, Blackfeet, Cuthead, Two Kettle, San Arcs, and Santee-and Arapaho, 4/29/1868; General Records of the United States Government; Record Group 11; National Archives.
In this treaty, signed on April 29, 1868, between the U.S. Government and the Sioux Nation, the United States recognized the Black Hills as part of the Great Sioux Reservation, set aside for exclusive use by the Sioux people.
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 Night Lettergram to John E. Raker from California Hop Growers (ARC ID 595308); Series: Petitions and Memorials, 1813 - 1968; Committee on the Judiciary; Records of the U.S. House of Representatives, 1789 - 2005; Record Group 233; National Archives.
Received April 28, 1917, this telegram was sent from the California Hop Growers Association, in protest of a proposed wartime ban on brewing beer.
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