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Primary Source Spotlight: V-E Day & V-J Day

May 10, 2016September 26, 2022

V-E Day celebrates the Allied World War II victory in Europe and V-J Day the victory over Japan. V-E Day image set V-J Day image set V-E Day historical newspaper coverage V-J Day historical newspaper coverage Legislation A concurrent resolution to pay tribute to the American Veterans of World War II on the 40th anniversary…

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Primary Source Spotlight: Amelia Earhart

March 30, 2015October 13, 2022

Amelia Earhart felt she was meant to fly. In 1932, she became the first woman to pilot a plane across the Atlantic Ocean and three years later, in 1935, she became the first person to fly solo across the Pacific from Hawaii to California. On July 2, 1937, towards the end of her round-the-world flight over the…