On December 8, 1865, an East Tennessee newspaper called "The Union Flag" called for Frederick Douglass to be elected president. "The elevation of Douglass to the Presidency, would have a great moral effect."

On Dec 12, join us for a webinar with our speaker, Lucian Li, where he'll showcase a new method for identifying intellectual influences in historical texts using sentence embeddings. The webinar is at 12PM EST, 11AM CST, and 9AM PST. Sign up here: buff.ly/48AEFoI

The CWCA is pleased to announce the publication of another batch of Chesnutt's correspondence, thanks to the generous support of the NHPRC. This brings the total number of digitized letters on the CWCA site to more than 460. Check them out here!! chesnuttarchive.org/correspondence

On this Veteran's Day, we invite you to explore the Last Seen Project's tags to celebrate veterans from all periods of history! #LastSeenProject #VeteransDay #BlackHistory #BlackGenealogy #DigitalHistory NHPRC U.S. National Archives

The Archives Leadership Institute will take place from June 8-14, 2025, at the University of Virginia. Applications open tomorrow! Find out more at archivesleadershipinstitute.org #archives #leadership

#OnThisDay H. P. Purear was requesting the location of Miss Patty Boseville. She had gone to Baltimore to seek employment two months prior, and wasn't hear from since then. #LastSeenProject #BlackHistory #BlackGenealogy #DigitalHistory U.S. National Archives NHPRC

Dr. Judy Giesberg speaks on the origin of the Last Seen Project and her upcoming book, "Last Seen." #LastSeenProject #BlackHistory #BlackGenealogy #DigitalHistory @usnatarchives NHPRC

Next week is #CivicLearningWeek! US National Archives is offering #CivicsforAllofUS virtual programs on the founding documents for grades K–12. Register today: civics.archives.gov/webinars  #bush41 #bush41library #bush41museum

Educators-Apply to join the National Archives in Washington, DC this July for our “Civics for All of US” Teacher Institutes and discover resources for teaching civics with primary sources. Learn more and apply: civics.archives.gov/2025-civics-fo… #CivicsforAllofUS

#CivicLearningWeek may be over, but you can still bring the National Archives to your classroom the rest of the school year. Reserve a #CivicsforAllofUS distance learning program today! We are now accepting reservations through 6/6! civics.archives.gov/programs

Educators, there’s less than one week left to apply for the U.S. National Archives Civics for All of US Teacher Institutes taking place this summer in Washington, D.C.! Click the link below to learn more. civics.archives.gov/2025-civics-fo… #CivicsforAllofUS

Just click the blue chat icon on archives.gov/contact For more complex questions, check out our researchers' support community, History Hub at historyhub.history.gov

America250 The National Archives is collaborating with the National Park Service on a special project to transcribe and tag more than 80,000 pension records of American Revolutionary War soldiers and their families—handwritten stories of their service and their lives. archives.gov/citizen-archiv…

It's #WorldBookDay and we're highlighting a page-turner in the holdings of the National Archives: George Washington's Revolutionary War account book. catalog.archives.gov/id/302018

The National Archives needs your help transcribing documents. Become a “Citizen Archivist” & roll up your sleeves at home. More here ⬇️⬇️ popsci.com/diy/national-a…

#OTD in 1789, Washington delivered his first inaugural address. While the Constitution mandates that Presidents take an oath of office, Washington set the precedent of giving a public address. You can read it (in Washington's pen!) in the U.S. National Archives: catalog.archives.gov/id/1634180

Today is MAYDAY, an annual call to action to improve your archives', library's or museum's disaster readiness. Here's why that's important and what ONE thing you can do to help. mailchi.mp/eaef2ba3ff21/m…

Now on view, Opening the Vault is a new exhibition series displaying some of the most historically valuable and iconic artifacts in American history for the first time in many years. See the display at the National Archives Museum in Washington, DC! visit.archives.gov/whats-on/explo…

Read the full text of the letter sent #OTD in 1789 by Thomas Jefferson, then U.S. Minister to France, to John Jay, then U.S. Secretary of Foreign Affairs, on Founders Online: founders.archives.gov/documents/Jeff… NHPRC U.S. Embassy France