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      Happy Flag Day!

      • Date: June 14, 2011
      • Creator: Courtney Bellizzi
      • Description: On June 14, 1777 the Continental Congress adopted the stars and stripes as the national flag and on the same day one hundred years later, the first observance of the Flag was held. However, it was not celebrated again on such a scale until 1916, in the midst of World War I, when President Woodrow Wilson pronounced the day Flag Day. Though not officially adopted by Congress as

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    3. Happy Flag Day!

      • Date: June 14, 2011
      • Creator: Courtney Bellizzi
      • Description: On June 14, 1777 the Continental Congress adopted the stars and stripes as the national flag and on the same day one hundred years later, the first observance of the Flag was held. However, it was not celebrated again on such a scale until 1916, in the midst of World War I, when President Woodrow Wilson pronounced the day Flag Day. Though not officially adopted by Congress as

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    5. A photo of a woman wearing glasses speaking

      How Gloria Steinem Inspired Change at the Smithsonian

      • Date: February 2, 2021
      • Creator: Dr. Elizabeth Harmon
      • Description: In December 1978, Gloria Steinem met with the Smithsonian Institution Women’s Council (SIWC) to advise the group on carrying out the work of change at the Smithsonian and to broaden members’ understanding of the women’s movement. As described by attendees, the conversation was “dynamite…great…wonderful.” One member expressed her surprise at finding Steinem so agreeable;

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    7. Article featuring Mildred Glover, titled

      Following a Thread of History: Mildred M. Glover

      • Date: September 12, 2019
      • Description: An intern’s experience following a thread to learn more about an exceptional Smithsonian employee, Mildred Glover.

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    9. In a series of four negative images, men and women are pictured clapping and speaking.

      Spreading a Little Kindness Here at Smithsonian

      • Date: November 13, 2018
      • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
      • Description: Couldn’t we all use a little more warmth and kindness in the world? For World Kindness Day, we’re highlighting acts of kindness by Smithsonian employees that were featured in the staff newsletter, "The Torch."

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      Is there a place for paleography in archives?

      • Date: January 23, 2018
      • Creator: Ricc Ferrante
      • Description: As we digitize the Archives’ collections to make them available online, I am constantly being exposed to handwriting from the past two centuries. As a result, I have a deeper appreciatiation of how many different things influence the way a person’s writing appears on the page, things beyond the quality of their penmanship. Writing on the deck of a ship, on horseback or on

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      Earth Day

      • Date: April 19, 2012
      • Creator: Mitch Toda
      • Description: In September 1989 the Smithsonian sponsored a discussion between scientists and journalists about how the media can responsibly report on environmental issues.

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    15. Observations taken from 9 p.m. August 3th to 2 a.m. August 9, 1872 in Holt County, Missouri, of an aurora. Detailed, timed observations on a single sized document in purple ink.

      The Increase and Diffusion of Data

      • Date: October 19, 2021
      • Description: Research has been at the core of Smithsonian’s mission from the beginning, and sharing that research—through activities like publishing papers and data—is still key to fulfilling that mission for the “increase and diffusion of knowledge.”

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    17. D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson. Smithsonian Institution Archives, SIA2009-4133.

      Science Service, Up Close: A Meeting Of Minds

      • Date: April 7, 2016
      • Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
      • Description: A rare meeting of the scientific minds at the 92nd Annual British Association Conference in 1924, captured by Science Service journalist Watson Davis.

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    19. Smithsonian Libraries and Archives logo with the sunburst.

      Introducing the Smithsonian Libraries and Archives

      • Date: December 8, 2020
      • Description: We've got big news! The Smithsonian Libraries and Smithsonian Institution Archives have merged to become Smithsonian Libraries and Archives.

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      Archives Reveal How Cities Change: Photos of DC from the Early 1900s

      • Date: August 25, 2010
      • Description: The Smithsonian Institution Archives recently digitized over 300 images of Washington, D.C. from the 1920s. Read more about the collection here, and check out the photographs, which are now available on Smithsonian Collections Search Center as well as on the Flickr Commons. Intern Amanda Kaufman writes about the collection, which she helped digitize this summer, below. How

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    23. Barn owls, named 'Increase' and 'Diffusion,' living in the West Tower.

      Residents of a Different Feather

      • Date: April 24, 2012
      • Description: History of the many barn owls who have lived in the towers of the Smithsonian Institution Building, or "Castle."

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