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Video: Inside The Vault

Inside the Vault: Baseball during World War II

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How did World War II impact baseball? How did baseball affect wartime morale? Over the course of the war, Americans witnessed beloved players like Jackie Robinson and Joe DiMaggio serve overseas. However, the nation’s pastime...

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Their Full Measure: American Service in the Cold War

Recorded May 20, 2023 Scholar : Professor Sharon Raynor Elizabeth City State University) Master Teacher : Kevin Cline (author of Cold War Challenges and Legacies in Peacetime and Wartime lesson plan) Cemetery Staff :...

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Their Full Measure: American Service in the Revolutionary War

Recorded June 3, 2023 Scholar : Professor Ricardo A. Herrera (US Army War College) Master Teacher : Rhonda Webb (author of Unsung Heroes: Support Roles in the Revolutionary War lesson plan) Cemetery Staff : Togus &...

Video: Citizenship Exam

Who was president during World War I?

Government and Civics

Who was president during World War I? Explained by Chad Williams Samuel J. and Augusta Spector Professor of History and African and African American Studies, Brandeis University Question 79

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Fighting Americas Wars Livestream Schedule & Registration

Livestream: Fighting America’s Wars: From the Civil War through Vietnam Veterans Legacy Program Each lecture/discussion will address the seminar’s key questions in relation to a specific war: Who serves, and why? How was each war fought, and what...

Video: Citizenship Exam

Name one problem that led to the Civil War.

Government and Civics

Name one problem that led to the Civil War. Explained by Gunja SenGupta Professor of History, Brooklyn College Question 74

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1864

National Union Free Convention

President Lincoln and General Grant on Peace and War.

Promotes the Union cause. Reprints an interview with Lincoln titled "Mr. Lincoln's view of Democratic strategy," and a letter of General Grant dated 16 August 1864 to E.B. Washburne. Grant's letter informs that the Confederacy is very weak and...

GLC00702

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1864-1899

Two letters relating to Civil War promotions [Decimalized .01-.02]

A Civil War letter regarding promotions for officers, and a later letter which makes reference to the first.

GLC02462.09

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1936-1949

Umbach, Florence, 1926-2004

Soldiers' letters from World War II [Decimalized .001-.072]

A collection of letters primarily between sisters Florence Umbach and Catherine Umbach Griffin. There are also letter sent to either sister form other authors. This collection also includes sixteen empty envelopes that do not seem connected to either...

GLC09952

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1812/06/11

At a legal Meeting of the Inhabitants [War of 1812 broadside]

Discusses the alarming state of public affairs & measures necessary, including resolutions against the War with Britain.

GLC02880