Archive for January, 2013
A glimpse into the Civil War experience of Company F
Today’s blog post comes from Mary Burtzloff, archivist at the Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library. The black leather-bound journal had water stains and mold around the edges. It looked a bit icky, but the contents of the Civil War journal fascinated me. One hundred and fifty years after our nation’s bloodiest conflict, we are reminded [...]
Posted by Hilary on January 24, 2013, under - Civil Rights.
Tags: 22nd Regiment, civil war, diary, Eisenhower Library, guest blogger, guest post, hard tack, Maine, Mary Burtzloff, salt beef
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2013 Regional Residency Fellowship: Request for Proposals
The National Archives, with the generous support of the Foundation for the National Archives, announces the 2013 Regional Residency Fellowship Program’s Request for Proposals. The Residency Fellowship Program gives researchers the opportunity to conduct original research using records held at National Archives locations in Boston, MA; Denver, CO; Fort Worth, TX; Riverside, CA; San Francisco, [...]
Posted by Hilary on January 22, 2013, under National Archives Near You.
Tags: fellowship, funding, research
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Getting Ike into the Loop
Today’s post comes from Christopher Abraham at the Eisenhower Presidential Library. “I am a newspaper reporter and I would like to know if anything unusual happened during either of President Eisenhower’s inaugural ceremonies.” —Anonymous Have you ever seen a U.S. President lassoed by a cowboy? It likely qualifies as “unusual!” General Eisenhower related this [...]
Posted by Hilary on January 18, 2013, under - Presidents, Pennsylvania Avenue, Unusual documents.
Tags: cowboy hats, cowboys, guest blogger, inaugural parade, Inauguration, lasso, Nixon, rodeo, Secret service
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All you need to know about inaugurations
George Washington As the first President, Washington set many inaugural precedents, but his inaugurations were also very different in ways that would not be repeated. The oath of office is usually administered the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court during the ceremony. The first President had not yet appointed any Supreme Court Justices, and [...]
Posted by Hilary on January 16, 2013, under - Presidents, Pennsylvania Avenue.
Tags: Capitol, inaugural addresses, inaugurations, parades, Presidents, washington
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See 13 Inaugurations in Four Days at the National Archives
On Monday, January 21, President Obama will be sworn in for a second term. It will be the 57th Presidential Inauguration. Beginning at 11:30 a.m., the President’s swearing-in ceremony will be shown live in the William G. McGowan Theater at the National Archives. If you are in Washington, DC, don’t miss this chance to see [...]
Posted by Hilary on January 14, 2013, under - Presidents.
Tags: Bush, Carter, Clinton, Eisenhower, FDR, Ford, Inauguration, LBJ, Nixon, Obama, Presidents, Reagan, Truman
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