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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...
Mar 30, 20238 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...
Aug 18, 20226 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...
Apr 20, 20228 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”....
Nov 21, 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...
Oct 20, 202114 min read
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