Photo: second of the four Kennedy and Nixon televised debates, which took place at NBC's WRC-TV studio in Washington, D.C. on 7 October 1960. Credit: United Press International; Wikimedia Commons.

America’s First Presidential Debate

By Jane Cook on October 22, 2020

Introduction: In this article, Jane Hampton Cook writes about the first-ever presidential debate: Nixon v. Kennedy on 26 September 1960... (Read More)

National Archives Celebrates 75th Anniversary this Friday!

By Thomas Jay Kemp on June 16, 2009

National Archives Celebrates 75th Anniversary on Friday, June 19th. Susan Logue (Voice of America) distributed this commentary on the 75th Anniversary of the National Archives. Before the National Archives was founded, many governmental records were kept in poor conditions. On June 19, 1934, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the legislation creating the National Archives.... (Read More)

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