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USHistory.org has started a petition on Change.org to have the National Archives and Records Administration reverse its decision to close its Philadelphia office.
5/12/14: Please join this campaign at: http://chn.ge/1g1YpEQ and encourage others to do so.
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Historic Headlines
We invite you to enter this week's contest which is entitled Historic Headlines. We challenge you to create a headline for a newspaper of your choosing on a given day in history. The headline should be grabbing, pithy, ironic, or just memorable.
For instance, here are a couple we we thought of:
- Valley Forge Times, February 25, 1778: Baron von Steuben Drills Select Troops at Valley Forge; Cold Comfort for the Americans?
- Boston Herald, March 2 1862: Howe Releases Hit Hymn Arousing "Grape" Expectations
We bet you can do better. The winner selected by our judges will receive a little Liberty Bell so you can ring in your victory.
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