USS Peacock and U.S. Trade in the East
In March 1832, the USS Peacock left Portsmouth, New Hampshire, on a secret mission for the U.S. government. Its objective was to set up trade agreements in the East. Andrew Jampoler related …
127 viewsIn March 1832, the USS Peacock left Portsmouth, New Hampshire, on a secret mission for the U.S. government. Its objective was to set up trade agreements in the East. Andrew Jampoler related …
127 viewsThe co-authors of the book Landscapes for the People: George Alexander Grant, First Chief Photographer of the National Park Service showed examples of Grant’s work and discussed his story wi…
99 viewsThe National Archives hosted a dramatic reading of an 1852 speech by former slave and abolitionist leader Frederick Douglass on the meaning of American independence to slaves, sometimes call…
1,391 viewsTo mark the 100th anniversary of the National Park Service, the National Archives hosted a screening of the film Places of Healing and Expression: National Parks in the Next Century, followe…
811 viewsAnthony Pitch talked about his book, The Last Lynching: How a Gruesome Mass Murder Rocked a Small Georgia Town. He spoke about the 1946 mass lynching of four African Americans in Monroe, Geo…
1,333 viewsProfessor Margaret O’Mara talked about her book, Pivotal Tuesdays: Four Elections That Shaped the Twentieth Century. She spoke about the elections of Teddy Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, Wo…
647 viewsAuthor John Stauffer argued that with a count of 164 images, Frederick Douglass was the most photographed American of the 19th Century. Harvard American Studies Professor John Stauffer showe…
484 viewsThe National Archives hosts a discussion on the history of women’s suffrage, with an emphasis on the impact of Mary McLeod Bethune. Panelists explore the past and current role of women in go…
446 viewsA panel discussion was held to commemorate the 91st anniversary of the certification on August 26, 1920, of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution that gave women the right to vote. The…
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