Tag Archives: RG 208
“Fake News” 1942: President Roosevelt and the Chicago Tribune
Today’s post is written by Dr. Greg Bradsher, Senior Archivist at the National Archives at College Park During the first months of 1942, two individuals in the Office of Facts and Figures, within the Office for Emergency Management of the … Continue reading
Captain Alfred Parker on Jaluit Atoll, March – April 1937
Today’s post is written by Dr. Greg Bradsher, Senior Archivist at the National Archives at College Park. Jaluit Atoll in the Marshall Islands has recently been in the news regarding the possibility that Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan were captured … Continue reading
Boston Tea Party Etiquette Lesson 2: Swallowing the Bitter Draught in Rhode Island
In 1774, British Parliament implemented the Coercive Acts in response to the destruction of British property by colonists during the Boston Tea Party. Paul Revere reproduced an engraving from a London newspaper that depicted the relationship between the British government … Continue reading