Now for our favorite part: the actual reading of the Declaration! #ArchivesJuly4 📜

Patrick Madden, Executive Director of the National Archives Foundation, welcomed the crowd. And we were honored to have Master Sergeant Caleb Green U.S. Army (Ret.) sing a beautiful rendition of the National Anthem.

HUZZAH for National Archives Foundation! July 4th at the National Archives is made possible in part by the National Archives Foundation through the generous support of Comcast Corporation, Microsoft, and P&G. Additional support provided by Ancestry, The Boeing Company, John Hancock, and Dykema.

Take a peek at some of the fun from this morning! And it doesn’t stop now - the @usnatarchives museum is open until 7 p.m. tonight 🎆 THANK YOU to our sponsors who keep this annual tradition going: @Comcast Microsoft Procter & Gamble Ancestry The Boeing Company @JohnHancockUSA and Dykema

Coming in October 2025: The National Archives Museum is reopening after its first renovation in 20 years! The American Story, a new permanent exhibition, will showcase the records in the National Archives that have shaped our nation.

Primary sources – documents, photos, maps, videos, and more – help turn students into historians! This summer, use U.S. National Archives’s DocsTeach site to keep kids learning & bring history to life: docsteach.org

🗽 Some of our #100Docs represent liberty, from the Emancipation Proclamation to the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Maybe for you, it's another doc! In America’s #100docs, you get to put history in your hands (literally) & decide for yourself. Cast your vote: 100docs.vote

On July 9, 1778, the Articles of Confederation give states the authority to strike their own #coins. Discussions about establishing a mint follow years later. In 1790, President Washington encourages Congress to develop a uniform currency for the nation. bit.ly/401rOJO

Friday lat marked my 25th Independence Day participating in the U.S. National Archives Declaration of Independence reading and ceremony. You can watch the entire ceremony and reading here: youtube.com/live/uWsy2CocL…

#Throwback to last week's July 4 celebration at the @usnatarchives! What was your favorite part?

The National Archive's new online game, America's 100 Docs, is a fun and unique way to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the United States of America. Players vote on the most significant documents in the National Archives—from the Charters of Freedom to landmark Supreme

🎉 Happy birthday to President Gerald R. Ford, born on this day in 1913. From Navy officer to Congressman to the 38th President of the United States, Ford served the nation with steady leadership and integrity. Explore his legacy at the @ford_library!

Lightbulbs 💡 telephones ☎️ and flight ✈️—all icons of American innovation. Vote for the inventions housed in the patents of the U.S. National Archives that shaped America in #100Docs Will you choose Edison, Bell, or the Wright Brothers? Play now 👉 100docs.vote

Act of July 16, 1790 (D.C. Residence Act), 1 STAT 130, Establishing the Temporary and Permanent Seat of Government of the United States catalog.archives.gov/id/299948

Walt Disney Presents… The Wonderful World of the Archives 🎬✨ Disneyland Resort is celebrating 70 years! So we're taking a look at unexpected Disney gems in the U.S. National Archives, from WWII posters to the Nixon family's first visit to the park. Explore more: archivesfoundation.org/newsletter/won…