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#TDiH 1943 The#MarineCorps#Women's Reserve is established. Here, a Sgt practices#aerial#photography: http://go.usa.gov/4Hck#USMC#WWII -
#RubeFoster's#WWI draft card lists his job as#baseball player. He was the Ntn'l#NegroLeague's 1st pres. http://go.usa.gov/4Hqe#TDiH#KC -
#TDiH 1920 Talks began regarding the formation of the National#NegroLeague in#KC#MO.#RubeFoster was named pres. of the league.#baseball -
Thurs Feb 21 1:00-2:30, Come to our
#free#genealogy workshop and learn tips for tracking down African-American ancestors in the US#Census! -
#TDiH Pictured here is the 1947 ceremony for#AbrahamLincoln's birthday held at the#Lincoln Memorial. http://go.usa.gov/474G#POTUS#Truman -
#TDiH 1809#AbrahamLincoln was born. Here is Henry Bacon's 1912 proposal for the#Lincoln Memorial. http://go.usa.gov/47g5#POTUS#OnThisDay -
#TDiH 1746 Thaddeus Kosciuszko was born. A#RevolutionaryWar hero, TK organized the fortifications at#WestPoint: http://go.usa.gov/47rA#Army -
Wed Feb 20 noon-1, Come to our brown bag lunch: Exploring
#CivilRights & Wrongs in the Holdings of the#NationalArchives at#KansasCity.#KC -
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#WarProductionBoard used a picture of#ThomasEdison asking Americans to#SpeedVictory. Edison was born#TDiH. http://go.usa.gov/4f4J#WWII -
#TDiH 1847#ThomasEdison was born in Milan, OH.#Edison was granted a#patent for the incandescent light bulb in 1880: http://go.usa.gov/4f2Y -
#TDiH 1950 Joe McCarthy alleged there were communists in the State Dept. Read the telegram exchange with#POTUS#Truman http://go.usa.gov/4wsd -
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#DawesAct divided reservation land into allotments for individual Indians. The act was passed#TDiH 1887: http://go.usa.gov/4vcA#Congress -
Today, Feb 8 from 10-11:30, we will host a
#free#genealogy workshop on#US Colored Troops during the#CivilWar.#KC#KansasCity#history -
How do you request a DD214? Start here: http://go.usa.gov/4pXV
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#spacewalk as@NASA's Bruce McCandless tries the#MannedManeuveringUnit#TDiH 1984 http://tmblr.co/ZKvbjxdbQT1y@NASAhistoryRetweeted by Kansas City ArchivesExpand Collapse -
#TDiH The last of the 1811-1812#earthquakes struck#NewMadrid,#MO. See the 1814 resolution for relief: http://go.usa.gov/4p8m#WilliamClark -
#TDiH 1817 The abolitionist, author, orator, and statesman,#FrederickDouglass was born. http://go.usa.gov/4pkd#OnThisDay#CivilRights -
#TDiH 1867#LauraIngallsWilder is born. Here is her husband's 1884 Homestead Proof of Testimony http://go.usa.gov/4pKk#SouthDakota#OnThisDay -
Wed Feb 20 from noon-1, Come learn about
#CivilRights cases found in the holdings of the#NationalArchives at#KC: http://go.usa.gov/4VUd
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