Although construction on the building began in 1931, in 1934, during the Great Depression, President Franklin Roosevelt signed a bill to officially establish a National Archives in the United States. Previously, U.S. Government records were scattered in different buildings throughout the country. However, the creation of the National Archives not only brought all of these…
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National Postal Museum
If you live in the United States, you may have noticed mail taking longer than usual to arrive, or mail just getting completely lost. As more people stayed home in 2020 because of COVID-19, they tended to do more online shopping, thus increasing our mail usage. However, COVID-19 also meant that postal workers frequently got…
Arlington National Cemetery
In the United States, the last Monday of the month of May is Memorial Day, in which everyone takes off from work to remember those who died in various U.S. wars. Originally called Decoration Day, this national holiday began in 1868 to commemorate those who died in the American Civil War (1861-1865). However, eventually, the…
Yad Vashem and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
April 21, 2020 is this year’s date for Yom HaShoah, or Israel’s Holocaust Remembrance Day. Israel commemorates the day by sounding a siren for 2 minutes throughout the country. During that time, the entire nation is required to stop what they are doing (including driving), until the siren stops. “Yom” means “day” in Hebrew, and…
National Museum of African American History and Culture
The Smithsonian is a network of 20 museums (as of January, 2020), that are run by the U.S. government. The newest museum on the list opened in 2016, and is the National Museum of African American History and Culture. Like most of the Smithsonian museums, it is located in the Nation’s capital, Washington D.C. Since…
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