Archive for August, 2011
What’s Cooking Wednesday: A Commander-in-Chef’s Recipe for Vegetable Soup
The only five-star general ever to be elected President of the United States, Dwight Eisenhower was a man of many accomplishments. That is why it should come as no surprise that Ike was a leader in the kitchen as well. Throughout his Presidency, Eisenhower used the kitchen on the third floor of the White House [...]
Posted by Gregory Marose on August 31, 2011, under - Presidents, Recipes, Uncategorized, What's Cooking, What's Cooking Wednesdays.
Tags: Eisenhower Presidential Library, National archives and records administration recognition day, President Eisenhower, recipe, soup, What's Cooking Uncle, What's Cooking Uncle Sam?
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Social Media for Genealogists
Are you thinking of starting to research your family tree? Or maybe you’re wondering how to use bounty land warrants to find your ancestors? Or do you’re confused on how to search immigration records? The National Archives has programs and resources for beginning and expert genealogists. And one way to use these resources, regardless of where you are [...]
Posted by Hilary on August 29, 2011, under Genealogy, News and Events, Social Media Guides.
Tags: @archivesnews, genealogy, Know Your Records, NARAtions, Prologue, social media, The Text Message, YouTube, “Genealogy Notes”
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From Our Film Archives: “The March”
This Sunday is the anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington. To commemorate the event, the National Archives is displaying a program from the march in the East Rotunda Gallery and screening The March on August 27 and 28. But if you are not in Washington, DC, you can still watch the entire film on our YouTube [...]
Posted by Hilary on August 26, 2011, under - Civil Rights, - Cold War, - The 1960s, News and Events, Rare Videos.
Tags: Congress, Eisenhower, James Blue, March on Washington, Oscar, Smith-Mundt Act, The March, United States Information Agency, USIA
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The Berlin Wall, now a vital piece of history
Americans often associate the month of August with family vacations and the summer heat, but that was not the case in 1961. Fifty years ago this month, a Cold War chill filled the air as construction began on the Berlin Wall. After the end of World War II, the United States, Great Britain, France, and the [...]
Posted by Gregory Marose on August 25, 2011, under - Cold War, - The 1960s, - World War II, News and Events.
Tags: 1961, Berlin, Berlin Wall, Cold War, Federal Republic of Germany, france, German Democratic Republic, Great Britain, National Declassification Center, Soviet Union, United States
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What’s Cooking Wednesday: National Waffle Day
Want a waffle with that earthshake? All Virginia earthquake jokes aside, today is a momentous day indeed. On this day in 1869, Dutch American Cornelius Swarthout of Troy, New York, received a U.S. patent for the first waffle iron. Described as simply a “device to bake waffles,” the waffle iron was heated over a coal [...]
Posted by Victoria on August 24, 2011, under - Presidents, Myth or History, Recipes, What's Cooking Wednesdays.
Tags: Cornelius Swarthout, John F. Kennedy, National Waffle Day, patents, waffle iron, waffles
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