Tag: Vietnam War

Facial Hair Friday: Allen Ginsberg

by Jessie Kratz, posted in Facial Hair Fridays, LGBTQ+

This June the National Archives is celebrating National Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Pride Month, which honors the important contributions that LGBTQ+ Americans have made to U.S. history and culture. Visit the National Archives website for more information on our related holdings. Today’s post comes from Thomas Richardson, an archives technician at the National Personnel Records Center … Continue reading Facial Hair Friday: Allen Ginsberg

The Pentagon Papers, now online after 40 years

by hparkins, posted in - Cold War, - Spies and Espionage, - The 1960s, News and Events, Presidents

  If you opened the the New York Times this morning in 1971, you would have seen the first part of the secret "Pentagon Papers" that the newspaper published—without authorization from the government. Today in 2011, the National Archives and the Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon Presidential libraries will release the entire official Report of the Office of … Continue reading The Pentagon Papers, now online after 40 years