Tag: Bill of Rights
Today’s post is written by Dr. Greg Bradsher. Some sixty-five years ago, in September 1947 the Freedom Train, carrying key documents of American history, including the Bill of Rights, began its journey across the United States. At each stop visitors had an opportunity to see the documents, many of them from the National Archives. The idea [...]
Posted by Guest Blogger on September 14, 2012, under Outside NARA.
Tags: Areopagitica, Arthur E. Kimberly, Bay Psalm Book, Bill of Rights, Common Sense, Constitution, David O. Selznick, Elizabeth Hamer, Emancipation Proclamation, Freedom Train, Greg Bradsher, Henry Ford II, Irving Berlin, Luther Evans, Magna Carta, Mayflower Compact, Solon J. Buck, Walter White, William Randolph Hearst Jr. Comments: 3
As we make our brunch reservations, choose the perfect greeting card, and make the rest of our preparations for Mother’s Day this Sunday, let’s not forget the women, the mothers of our nation, who took a stand for women’s rights and blazed the trail for future movements. Men such as George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas [...]
Posted by Monique Politowski on May 11, 2012, under Archives I, Civil Records, Outside NARA.
Tags: 19th Amendment, Abigail Adams, American Revolution, Bill of Rights, Constitution, Mercy Otis, Molly Pitcher, Monique Politowski, Mother's Day, Phyllis Wheatley, Spirit of '76, United States Information Agency, Women's Movement Comments: 1
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