Tag Archives: World War II
Finding Rabindranath Tagore in the Holdings of the National Archives
How might Indian writer, poet, educator, musician, and visionary Rabindranath Tagore have crossed paths with the Federal Government of the United States? What Federal records exist? Continue reading
Posted in Document Spotlights
Tagged author, cold_war, eleanor_roosevelt, fdr, guest_blogger, india, John_F_Kennedy, nobel_prize, paris, pearl_harbor, photographs, poet, poetry, primary_sources, robert_frost, USIA, wilson, World War I, World War II
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Gardening to Victory
Today we shine a spotlight on WWI and WWII victory gardens through home front propaganda. Continue reading
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Tagged food, poster, Posters, Propaganda, war, World War I, World War II, WWI, wwii
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NHD’s Normandy Institute at the National Archives
Students who participated in NHD’s “Normandy: Sacrifice for Freedom” Institute recount their research experience at the National Archives at College Park, MD. Continue reading
New DocsTeach Activity: The Night Before D-Day
We commemorate the 70th anniversary with an activity focusing on two documents related to the Allied invasion of June 6, 1944. Continue reading
Records of the Monuments Men at the National Archives
Films based on major historical events are often based on records from the National Archives. This is especially true with the upcoming film “The Monuments Men” which opens this Friday, February 7th. Continue reading
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Tagged art, artist, docsteach_new_documents, Film, Monuments Men, World War II
