Head of Statue of Liberty on display in park in Paris (1883)
Starting in October, Lady Liberty will be closed for a year of renovations (including restoring her body and color).
Photo: Library of Congress
Indeed, American liberty is in need of repair.
Herbert Hoover in his youth as a mining engineer. Circa 1900.
A president for our own age.
A group of pirates called the “Sea Beggars” were among the founding fathers of Dutch independence in the sixteenth century.
September 19 - There be pirates in t’ National Archives
It’s “Talk Like a Pirate Day” and don’t fear, we’ve got pirates in the National Archives! Here’s a caricature of “Paul Jones the Pirate.” This copy of an circa 1779 engraving found within the Records of the Office of War Information.
