The R.M.S. Titanic was touted as an “unsinkable” feat of shipbuilding. The immense British ocean liner departed Southampton, England for New York City on April 10, 1912. On the fourth day of its maiden voyage, the vessel fatally struck an iceberg. At 2:20 a.m. on April 15, the luxury steamship sank into the North Atlantic. More than 1,500 people died and 703 were rescued.

Published: September 6, 2023 Featured Content National History Day Celebrates 50th Anniversary National History Day**®** (NHD) is a non-profit education organization established in 1974 that provides educational programs helping students and teachers influence the future through discovery of the past. The National History Day**®** Contest is a year-long

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of the American Worker National History Day**®** 2025-2026 August 28, 2025 Featured Content Resources on the theme of "Revolution, Reaction, Reform in History" Purple Heart Day 2025 August 07, 2025 Featured Content A recognition of sacrifice and heroism for those who were killed or wounded in service to our Nation 35th Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities

the flame of freedom, America’s veterans have been fighting to keep it burning bright." President Joseph R. Biden Jr., A Proclamation on Veterans Day, 2024 (November 6, 2024) Veterans Day, formerly known as Armistice Day, was originally set as a U.S. legal holiday to honor the end of World War I, which officially took place on November 11, 1918. In 1938

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Published: September 22, 2022 Featured Content Resources on the theme of "Frontiers in History: People, Places, Ideas" National History Day**®** (NHD) is a non-profit education organization established in 1974, that provides educational programs helping students and teachers influence the future through discovery of the past. The National History Day**®**

Published: January 15, 2016 Featured Content A collection of documents and images acknowledging President Ford Gerald R. Ford became the 38th President of the United States when he succeeded to that office following the resignation of President Richard M. Nixon in 1974. He served as President until 1977, when he was succeeded by President Jimmy

of the Union and other Presidential addresses before a joint session of Congress includes links to addresses back to 1993 as published in the Compilation of Presidential Documents. President Joseph R. Biden Jr. March 7, 2024 – Congressional Record Volume 170, Issue 41 February 7, 2023 – DCPD-202300096 March 1, 2022 – DCPD-202200127 April 28, 2021 – DCPD