Enter if you dare! Join us as we take you on a spooky Halloween ghost tour through the National Archives! 👻🎃
#Halloween #HistoryHumor #NationalArchives
#Halloween #HistoryHumor #NationalArchives
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In 1863, President Lincoln declared that Americans should come together for a national day of Thanksgiving on the last Thursday of November. Now at the National Archives Museum, see Lincoln's Thanksgiving Proclamation, written "to heal the wounds of the nation." #NationalArchives
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Learn more about this exhibit display and get tickets to see it in Washington, DC: visit.archives.gov/whats-on/explo…
#VisitWashingtonDC #Exhibits
#VisitWashingtonDC #Exhibits
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See President Abraham Lincoln's Thanksgiving Day Proclamation of October 3, 1863 (Presidential Proclamation 106) in the National Archives Catalog: catalog.archives.gov/id/299960
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Take a look into the National Archives conservation lab as Ewa conducts a conservation review for a volume of 200+ year-old founding-era Presidential proclamations in our holdings, including records signed by George Washington.
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The paper and parchment proclamations in this volume vary in size, length, and media, and each proclamation was originally attached to its own page in the volume. Several proclamations have been detached over time so that they may be exhibited individually.
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Treating the entire volume will allow each proclamation to be more easily accessed and displayed. The draft conservation plan following this review is to separate the proclamations from the mount pages, clean them, and mend them as needed. #AmericanArchivesMonth #NationalArchives
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The best way to spend your Tuesday evening is with us for Civics Trivia Night at the National Archives Museum!📜
See the @archivesfdn post below for registration and details. ⬇️
See the @archivesfdn post below for registration and details. ⬇️
You don’t have to be Nic Cage to sneak into the Archives 🕵️
No heist necessary. Just your phone, friends, and civics A-game.
Civics Trivia Night at the @USNatArchives Museum is happening NEXT week!
📅 Oct 27 | 🕖 7pm
🍕 FREE Pizza + prizes
🔗archivesfoundation.org/events/civics-…
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@archivesfdn Last chance! Reserve your spot for Civic Trivia at the National Archives Museum, happening tomorrow, October 27, at 7 p.m.: archivesfoundation.org/events/civics-…
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Happy National Pumpkin Day! We’re sharing two Presidential family favorites straight from the National Archives Catalog: First Lady Nancy Reagan’s pumpkin pecan pie and First Lady Bess Truman’s classic pumpkin pie! Which recipe will you be baking this fall season? 🥧
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Still trying to come up with a clever Halloween costume? We’ve got you covered with some history and archival-themed costume ideas!
(If you go with a “ghastly archival object,” let us know which one you picked. We’re dying to hear! 👻) #Halloween #History
(If you go with a “ghastly archival object,” let us know which one you picked. We’re dying to hear! 👻) #Halloween #History
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The National Archives is proud to loan Charles Thomson's, Secretary of the Continental Congress, handwritten notes on the Great Seal, coming soon to @CommunitiesNI @PRONI_DFC on November 4, 2026!⬇️
⏰ The countdown is on!
In 2 weeks, @PRONI_DFC’s landmark exhibition ‘Voices Across the Atlantic: The Ulster Legacy in America’ officially opens. 🇺🇸
This free to visit display explores 250 years of shared history, culture and connections between Ulster and the United States.
November 2026 at 12pm
📍 Location: PRONI, 2 Titanic Boulevard, Belfast, BT3 9HQ
🎟️ Free to visit
Mark your calendars and come explore our shared history!
#DfC #Delivering #USANI250 #America250 #PRONI
@GordonLyons1, @USNatArchives, @America250
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On October 19, 1781, British General Charles Cornwallis surrendered to General George Washington at Yorktown after 7,000+ British and German troops were taken as prisoners by American and French troops. The Battle of Yorktown was the last major battle of the American Revolution.
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While no modern proof exists, legend has it that hours after the surrender, British troops marched out of Yorktown to the tune “The World Turned Upside Down.” The signing of the Treaty of Paris on September 3, 1783, brought an official end to the Revolutionary War. #OnThisDay
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U.S. National Archives retweeted
Join me for my new series, #FoundingFriday, where we explore history in the eyes of American statesmen.
We’re starting today with a quote from Founding Father and second president, John Adams: “Liberty cannot be preserved without a general knowledge among the people.”
We’re starting today with a quote from Founding Father and second president, John Adams: “Liberty cannot be preserved without a general knowledge among the people.”
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It sounds like a sci-fi video game, but this is a color analyzer at the National Archives! 🕹️ With this machine, preservation staff can view and set light cues for film negatives and adjust light levels for red, green, and blue at specific frames. #AmericanArchivesMonth
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By using punched paper tape, staff can make density and color corrections. This helps in the creation of a new film copy that replicates how the film would have looked at the time it was made.
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Let's start with the basics: What's a record and how does the National Archives organize so may records?
(We have 13.5 billion pieces of paper, by the way!) #AskAnArchivist
(We have 13.5 billion pieces of paper, by the way!) #AskAnArchivist
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The real deal on handing records with and without gloves and how to handle your own family records. #AskAnArchivist
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Ready to get started on archival research at the National Archives? View our "Getting Started Overview" archives.gov/research/start and view our online Catalog at catalog.archives.gov for MILLIONS of our records. #AskAnArchivist
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It’s #AskAnArchivist Day, and our archivists answered the top questions they get asked working at the National Archives. 🧵⤵️
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