Past Events
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May 1 Monday
Washington, DC - 10:00am to 4:00pm
JFK100: ReSource Room Activities for the JFK Centennial
Mark John F. Kennedy鈥檚 centennial by examining his Presidency and legacy at home, abroad, and in space exploration. -
Washington, DC - 10:00am to 1:00pm
JFK100: Career Fair for Middle and High School Students
To honor the JFK centennial, teachers and students are invited to explore careers at the 威尼斯人娱乐场.
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April 29 Saturday
Washington, DC - 10:00am to 4:00pm
Featured Activity in ReSource Room: DC Compensated Emancipation Act
The DC Compensated Emancipation Act freed approximately 3,100 enslaved people and allowed former slaveholders to petition the Government for compensation.
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April 28 Friday
Washington, DC - 10:00am to 4:00pm
Featured Activity in ReSource Room: DC Compensated Emancipation Act
The DC Compensated Emancipation Act freed approximately 3,100 enslaved people and allowed former slaveholders to petition the Government for compensation.
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April 27 Thursday
Washington, DC - 10:00am to 4:00pm
Featured Activity in ReSource Room: DC Compensated Emancipation Act
The DC Compensated Emancipation Act freed approximately 3,100 enslaved people and allowed former slaveholders to petition the Government for compensation.
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April 26 Wednesday
Washington, DC - 10:00am to 4:00pm
Featured Activity in ReSource Room: DC Compensated Emancipation Act
The DC Compensated Emancipation Act freed approximately 3,100 enslaved people and allowed former slaveholders to petition the Government for compensation.
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April 25 Tuesday
Washington, DC - 12:00pm to 1:00pm
The Hello Girls: America鈥檚 First Women Soldiers
In 1918, the U.S. Army Signal Corps, at the insistence of General John J. Pershing, sent 223 American women to France because they were masters of the latest technology: the telephone switchboard -
Washington, DC - 10:00am to 4:00pm
Featured Activity in ReSource Room: DC Compensated Emancipation Act
The DC Compensated Emancipation Act freed approximately 3,100 enslaved people and allowed former slaveholders to petition the Government for compensation.
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April 24 Monday
Washington, DC - 10:00am to 4:00pm
Featured Activity in ReSource Room: DC Compensated Emancipation Act
The DC Compensated Emancipation Act freed approximately 3,100 enslaved people and allowed former slaveholders to petition the Government for compensation.
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April 22 Saturday
Washington, DC - 12:00pm to 4:00pm
鈥淗elp! I鈥檓 Stuck鈥� Genealogy
Genealogy Consultations -
Washington, DC - 10:00am to 4:00pm
Sports in the Archives Family Day
Sports in the Archives Family Day -
Washington, DC - 10:00am to 4:00pm
Featured Activity in ReSource Room: DC Compensated Emancipation Act
The DC Compensation Emancipation Act freed approximately 3,100 enslaved people and allowed former slaveholders to petition the Government for compensation.
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April 21 Friday
Washington, DC - 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Ike and McCarthy: Dwight Eisenhower鈥檚 Secret Campaign Against Joseph McCarthy
Ike and McCarthy: Dwight Eisenhower鈥檚 Secret Campaign Against Joseph McCarthy -
Washington, DC - 10:00am to 4:00pm
Featured Activity in ReSource Room: DC Compensated Emancipation Act
The DC Compensated Emancipation Act freed approximately 3,100 enslaved people and allowed former slaveholders to petition the Government for compensation.
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April 20 Thursday
Washington, DC - 7:00pm to 9:00pm
When the United States Spoke French鈥擳he Role of France in the American Revolution and its Aftermath
Authors Larrie Ferreiro and Fran莽ois Furstenberg will discuss French involvement in the Revolutionary War . -
Washington, DC - 10:00am to 4:00pm
Featured Activity in ReSource Room: DC Compensated Emancipation Act
The DC Compensated Emancipation Act freed approximately 3,100 enslaved people and allowed former slaveholders to petition the Government for compensation.
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April 19 Wednesday
Washington, DC - 2:00pm to 3:00pm
The Truman Doctrine and the Origins of the Cold War
The Truman Doctrine and the Origins of the Cold War -
Washington, DC - 10:00am to 11:00am
Story Time in the ReSource Room for Pre-Schoolers and Adults
Story Time in the ReSource Room for Pre-Schoolers and Adults -
Washington, DC - 10:00am to 4:00pm
Featured Activity in ReSource Room: DC Compensated Emancipation Act
The DC Compensated Emancipation Act freed approximately 3,100 enslaved people and allowed former slaveholders to petition the Government for compensation.
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April 18 Tuesday
Washington, DC - 10:00am to 4:00pm
Featured Activity in ReSource Room: DC Compensated Emancipation Act
The DC Compensated Emancipation Act freed approximately 3,100 enslaved people and allowed former slaveholders to petition the Government for compensation.
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April 17 Monday
Washington, DC - 10:00am to 4:00pm
Featured Activity in ReSource Room: DC Compensated Emancipation Act
The DC Compensated Emancipation Act freed approximately 3,100 enslaved people and allowed former slaveholders to petition the Government for compensation.
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April 15 Saturday
Washington, DC - 10:00am to 4:00pm
Featured Activity in ReSource Room: DC Compensated Emancipation Act
The DC Compensated Emancipation Act freed approximately 3,100 enslaved people and allowed former slaveholders to petition the Government for compensation.
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April 14 Friday
Washington, DC - 10:00am to 4:00pm
Featured Activity in ReSource Room: DC Compensated Emancipation Act
The DC Compensated Emancipation Act freed approximately 3,100 enslaved people and allowed former slaveholders to petition the Government for Compensation.
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April 13 Thursday
Washington, DC - 7:00pm to 9:00pm
100 Years: World War I and The Weight of Sacrifice
April 2017 marks the 100th聽anniversary of American entry into World War I. -
Washington, DC - 10:00am to 4:00pm
Featured Activity in ReSource Room: DC Compensated Emancipation Act
The DC Compensated Emancipation Act freed 3,100 enslaved people and allowed former slaveholders to petition the Government for compensation.
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April 12 Wednesday
Washington, DC - 2:00pm to 3:00pm
鈥淗idden Treasure鈥� Panoramic Photographs
Historic panoramic photographs in our Still Picture Holdings taken of the Alaska Territory between 1910 and 1932 -
Washington, DC - 10:00am to 4:00pm
Featured Activity in ReSource Room: DC Compensated Emancipation Act
The DC Compensated Emancipation Act freed approximately 3,100 enslaved people and allowed former slaveholders to petition the Government for compensation.
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April 11 Tuesday
New York, NY - 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Online Veterans and Military Documents - Part 1
Learn about military records, from photos to documents that are searchable in the 威尼斯人娱乐场 Catalog and Access to Archival Databases (AAD) systems. Revolutionary War through WW1. -
Washington, DC - 10:00am to 4:00pm
Featured Activity in ReSource Room: DC Compensated Emancipation Act
The DC Compensated Emancipation Act freed approximately 3,100 enslaved people and allowed former slaveholders to petition the Government for compensation.
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April 10 Monday
Washington, DC - 10:00am to 4:00pm
Featured Activity in ReSource Room: DC Compensated Emancipation Act
The DC Compensated Emancipation Act freed approximately 3,100 enslaved people and allow former slaveholders to petition the Government for compensation.
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April 8 Saturday
Washington, DC - 10:00am to 4:00pm
Featured Activity in ReSource Room: DC Compensated Emancipation Act
The DC Compensated Emancipation Act freed approximately 3,100 enslaved people and allowed former slaveholders to petition the Government for compensation.
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April 7 Friday
Dallas/Fort Worth Area - 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Introduction to Military Records
Learn how to access, request, and decipher military personnel records stored at the 威尼斯人娱乐场 in St. Louis. -
Washington, DC - 10:00am to 4:00pm
Featured Activity in ReSource Room: DC Compensated Emancipation Act
The DC Compensated Emancipation Act freed approximately 3,100 enslaved people and allowed former slaveholders to petition the Government for compensation.
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April 6 Thursday
Washington, DC - 10:00am to 4:00pm
Featured Activity in ReSource Room: DC Compensated Emancipation Act
聽The DC Compensated Emancipation Act freed approximately 3,100 enslaved people and allowed former slaveholders to petition the Government for compensation.
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April 5 Wednesday
Ann Arbor, MI - 3:00pm
Inside the Private World of the White House: From the Staffers who Serve the Families to the First Ladies Who Run the White House
Kate Andersen Brower, best-selling author of The Residence: Inside the Private World of the White House and First Women: The Grace and the Power, captivated an overflow audience as she pulled back the curtain on the private lives of First Families through the experiences of the permanent White House residence staff, including butlers, maids, chefs, florists, plumbers, painters, and other staff, who make the White House run every day and serve at the whim of the President and their families. -
Ann Arbor, MI - 3:00pm
Inside the Private World of the White House: From the Staffers who Serve the Families to the First Ladies Who Run the White House
Kate Andersen Brower, best-selling author of The Residence: Inside the Private World of the White House and First Women: The Grace and the Power, captivated an overflow audience as she pulled back the curtain on the private lives of First Families through the experiences of the permanent White House residence staff, including butlers, maids, chefs, florists, plumbers, painters, and other staff, who make the White House run every day and serve at the whim of the President and their families. -
Ann Arbor, MI - 1:00pm
Inside the Private World of the White House: From the Staffers who Serve the Families to the First Ladies Who Run the White House
Kate Andersen Brower, best-selling author of The Residence: Inside the Private World of the White House and First Women: The Grace and the Power, captivated an overflow audience as she pulled back the curtain on the private lives of First Families through the experiences of the permanent White House residence staff, including butlers, maids, chefs, florists, plumbers, painters, and other staff, who make the White House run every day and serve at the whim of the President and their families. -
Ann Arbor, MI - 1:00pm
Inside the Private World of the White House: From the Staffers who Serve the Families to the First Ladies Who Run the White House
Kate Andersen Brower, best-selling author of The Residence: Inside the Private World of the White House and First Women: The Grace and the Power, captivated an overflow audience as she pulled back the curtain on the private lives of First Families through the experiences of the permanent White House residence staff, including butlers, maids, chefs, florists, plumbers, painters, and other staff, who make the White House run every day and serve at the whim of the President and their families. -
Ann Arbor, MI - 11:00am
Inside the Private World of the White House: From the Staffers who Serve the Families to the First Ladies Who Run the White House
Kate Andersen Brower, best-selling author of The Residence: Inside the Private World of the White House and First Women: The Grace and the Power, captivated an overflow audience as she pulled back the curtain on the private lives of First Families through the experiences of the permanent White House residence staff, including butlers, maids, chefs, florists, plumbers, painters, and other staff, who make the White House run every day and serve at the whim of the President and their families. -
Ann Arbor, MI - 11:00am
Inside the Private World of the White House: From the Staffers who Serve the Families to the First Ladies Who Run the White House
Kate Andersen Brower, best-selling author of The Residence: Inside the Private World of the White House and First Women: The Grace and the Power, captivated an overflow audience as she pulled back the curtain on the private lives of First Families through the experiences of the permanent White House residence staff, including butlers, maids, chefs, florists, plumbers, painters, and other staff, who make the White House run every day and serve at the whim of the President and their families.
All events listed in the calendar are free unless noted.