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Archive for January, 2013Yugoslavia 1970: The Writing on the WallFrom time to time while working in the records, NARA staff find documents that provide new perspectives on events through which they lived. I recently had that experience. I remember well the terrible humanitarian disaster that befell local populations as Yugoslavia ripped itself apart during the 1990s. I remember, too, how many commentators expressed surprise [...] Posted by David Langbart on January 23, 2013, under Archives II, Civil Records, History, The Process. Follow the money: the origins of the Secret ServiceToday’s post is by National Archives Volunteer Bill Nigh. This is the sequel to his earlier post. _____ In my first post, I briefly described the volunteer project based on the records of the U.S. Secret Service (Record Group 87). I stated that this organization began its presidential security mission following a presidential assassination, but its [...] Posted by Guest Blogger on January 17, 2013, under Archives II, Civil Records, History. The U.S. Secret Service: It Took 42 Years to Protect the PresidentToday’s post (part one in a two-part series) is by National Archives Volunteer Bill Nigh. When I was assigned my first volunteer project, one associated with the U.S. Secret Service (Record Group 87), I wasn’t sure what to expect. Like many my age, I picture the Secret Service agent climbing on the rear deck of [...] Posted by Guest Blogger on January 10, 2013, under Archives II, Civil Records, The Process. African Americans and the American War for IndependenceToday’s post is by Dr. Greg Bradsher. Englishman Nicholas Cresswell, during July 1777, wrote in his journal that the American army was composed of a “ragged Banditti of undisciplined people, the scum and refuse of all nations of earth.” Baron Curt von Stedingk, a Swedish colonel in French service, described the American army in Savannah [...] Posted by Guest Blogger on January 8, 2013, under History. |
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