Today's post comes from National Archives Office of Strategy and Communications staff writer Rob Crotty. The original caption to last week's photo seemed a bit tongue in cheek itself. "FEAF BOMBER COMMAND, JAPAN—As the words informing the world of the truce being signed in Korea reached the ears of military personnel in Korea and Japan, … Continue reading Thursday’s Photo Caption Contest
Today's post comes from National Archives Office of Strategy and Communications staff writer Rob Crotty. In 1924, a group of eight Army airmen set out to be the first humans to ever circle the globe by air. On their journey over Arctic mountain passes and vast Indian deserts, they would lose half their planes and … Continue reading Magellans of the Sky
For the 60th anniversary of the start of the Korean War, the staff at the Truman Presidential Library in Independence, MO, wanted to try something different. “Instead of doing a straightforward chronological presentation, we also wanted to focus on the personal experiences,” said curator Clay Bauske. The team worked for a year, collecting stories and … Continue reading Memories of Korea in Missouri
Today's post comes from National Archives Office of Strategy and Communications staff writer Rob Crotty. Today in 1923, President Warren G. Harding died suddenly of a stroke in San Francisco. Just after midnight, Calvin Coolidge was sworn in as President by his father on the other side of the country in Vermont. Harding was the … Continue reading Do presidents age more rapidly?
Walt Whitman, ca. 1860-ca. 1865 (111-B-2245). Song of My Beard (with apologies to the original Whitman poem!) 1. I celebrate my beard, and sing my beard, And what I grow you shall grow For every follicle belonging to me as good as belongs to you. I loafe and stroke my beard I lean and stroke … Continue reading Facial Hair Friday: Sounding the bearded YAWP
Today's post comes from National Archives Office of Strategy and Communications staff writer Rob Crotty. Fact: this photo is actually from a post-apocalyptic future, and that's actually the Washington Monument, fenced to protect the only known remains of a land once known as "the District" ... strange that the future looks like rural Texas in … Continue reading Thursday’s Photo Caption Contest
Today's post comes from National Archives Office of Strategy and Communications staff writer Rob Crotty. The Summer 2010 issue of Prologue has just hit the shelves, and YouTube. While our award-winning magazine is packed with Ponzi schemes, prison themes, and polar dreams, we've added something extra for our online readers: the silver screen. Our hardworking … Continue reading Navigation, devastation, exploration
Today's post comes from National Archives Office of Strategy and Communications staff writer Rob Crotty. If you've ever been to Washington, DC, we have a challenge for you! We've found pictures of some of the famous monuments and buildings in the District, and we'd love to compare our old photos with some of your own. … Continue reading Match your photos with ours
Today's post comes from National Archives Office of Strategy and Communications staff writer Rob Crotty. What is the Archivist's favorite thing about the Federal Register's new website? "Its translation into English, into words that make sense. I think that's the biggest contribution," Archivist Ferriero explains in a video detailing the history of the Federal Register. … Continue reading FR 2.0, now in English
It's Facial Hair Friday, and it's been a scorching week in Washington, DC, at the National Archives. It's going to reach 100 degrees today. So what can you do to cool off? Perhaps you should gaze upon the fulsome beard of General David A. Russell of the Union Army. Do you have such a long, rippling … Continue reading Hottest Beard on Record
