Power & Light Russell Lees Coal Survey Past Exhibit … "The Sergent family on their front porch. P V & K Coal Company, Clover Gap Mine, Lejunior, Harlan County, Kentucky."  View in National Archives Catalog Power & Light: Russell Lee's Coal Survey is an exhibition of photographs of coal communities by American documentary photographer Russell Lee. These images tell the story of laborers who helped build the nation, of a moment when the government took stock of their health and safety, and of a photographer …

General Order No 3 June 19 1865 Ongoing Exhibit … Celebrating Juneteenth General Order No. 3, June 19, 1865 National Archives, Records of the Adjutant General’s Office, 1780s–1917 The Juneteenth holiday celebrates the end of slavery in the United States. It combines the words “June” and “nineteenth,” the historic day that the U.S. Army marched into Texas and secured the freedom of the last 250,000 Americans to learn of their emancipation. During the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln issued the …

Great Seal of the United States Current Exhibit … On July 4, 1776, just hours after adopting the Declaration of Independence, the Continental Congress tasked Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, and John Adams with creating a national seal. As members of the First Great Seal Committee, each man proposed designs for a national emblem that reflected the independence and aspirations of the new nation. The task proved difficult, and ultimately it took more than three committees and six years to complete the …