May I Have This Dance?
Cotillion instructor and student, Virginia, 1950's In my hometown of Catonsville, Maryland it was called Friday Assembly. In yours, it...
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Aug 18, 20226 min read
Don't Mess With the Archivists
(Movie Poster, National Treasure, Walt Disney Pictures) I couldn’t be prouder of my old ship, the National Archives. Events in recent...
Apr 20, 20228 min read
This Old House
When we hear those three words, most people today would think they refer to the home improvement TV show premiered in 1979 and now a...
Nov 21, 202114 min read
A President's Casket
As a long-time employee of the National Archives in Washington, DC, I had learned to never utter the words, “well, now I’ve seen it all”....
Oct 20, 202114 min read
In the Room Where it Happened
So, it was 35 years after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, and I was the Director of Congressional Affairs at the National...
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