The Footnote scanning team has been working in the vaults of The National Archives diligently scanning the complete WWII US Air Force photo collection (officially known as “Black and White and Color Photographs of U.S. Air Force and Predecessor Agencies Activities, Facilities, and Personnel – World War II”). There are more than 80,000 photographs of…
Over the past few weeks, response to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial project has been amazing. So many people have come to add their remembrances and pay tribute to family members and friends.Here are just a few examples of what has been added: George Henry Jourdenais William Thomas Perkins Jr Roger Edward Jozwiak Norman Walter Heck…
We got things stabilized after the wave of traffic that followed last week’s press release about the Vietnam Wall project and things went well over the weekend. We even ordered some additional hardware to help us handle the amazing response, but before we could get it and set it up, a feature story on the…
Yesterday we announced the release of a new project that we’ve been working on, an interactive version of The Wall at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. The news spread fast and we’ve seen a tremendous response to the announcement. That’s the good news. The not so good news is that we’re having trouble keeping up with…
You may have noticed that on the new Title Information Pages we try to include at least a couple of sample images to give people a better idea of what they’ll find in each title. You’ll see these images in the left hand column of the page, as in this example for the Lincoln Assassination…
There is no master plan of History. Events happen, we witness and, later, we try to make sense of them. When tragic or momentous events do occur, we often seek to forgo patience for prescience. We want it all to make sense now. We want order and meaning restored. In an age when reporting has…
Even the night before the Fourth of July, it’s easy to obtain (where legal, of course) nearly an unlimited supply of fireworks, sparklers and other brilliant incendiary devices. Though such gunpowder-based confections stir delight in children and swelling patriotism in grown-ups, they belie the true state of affairs that General George Washington and his troops…
