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Black Americans Can Now Trace Their Family Tree With the Help of Millions of Digitized Freedmen’s Bureau Records

A depiction of the office of the Freedmen's Bureau in Memphis, Tennessee.

Black Americans Can Now Trace Their Family Tree With the Help of Millions of Digitized Freedmen’s Bureau Records

7 Facts About the Underground Railroad

The Underground Railroad by Charles T. Webber.

7 Facts About the Underground Railroad

Meet Opal Lee—the 94-Year-Old Activist Known as the 'Grandmother of Juneteenth'

People walk by the National Museum of African American History and Culture during a 2020 Juneteenth march in Washington, D.C.

Meet Opal Lee—the 94-Year-Old Activist Known as the 'Grandmother of Juneteenth'

7 Misconceptions About the Civil War

A painting of the Battle of Pea Ridge, which was fought from May 7 to 8, 1862

7 Misconceptions About the Civil War

Why Are Lengthy Bureaucratic Processes Known As Red Tape?

"Alas, I'm too young for scissors."

Why Is Memorial Day Always on a Monday?

Americans were decorating the graves of fallen soldiers on Memorial Day long before it fell on a Monday.

The Library of Congress Needs Your Help Transcribing Clara Barton's Diaries, Correspondences, and Other Rarely Seen Papers

Clara Barton photographed by Charles R. B. Claflin in 1865.

The 6 Original American Girl Dolls Are Back on the Market

(From left to right) Felicity, Kirsten, Samantha, Addy, Josefina, and Molly.

Archaeologists Have Located the Site of Harriet Tubman’s Family Home in Maryland

A photograph of Harriet Tubman taken by Harvey B. Lindsley in the 1870s.

Common Misconceptions About the Civil War

Hancock at Gettysburg by Thure de Thulstrup, 1887.

The Library of Congress Needs Your Help Transcribing James Garfield’s Diaries

James Garfield sometime between 1855 and 1865.

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14 Surprising Facts About Clara Barton

Mathew Brady, National Archives and Records Administration // Public Domain

How Sarah Josepha Hale Became the 'Mother of Thanksgiving'

A painting of Sarah Josepha Hale by James Reid Lambdin, circa 1831.

Absentee Ballot vs. Mail-In Ballot: What’s the Difference?

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The Civil War Beginnings of America’s Absentee Ballots

An 1864 illustration by William Waud of Union soldiers voting in Pennsylvania.