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Archive: 2025 (7 Posts)

A color illustration shows British troops in red coats firing onto men who are running away.

250 Years Ago: News of the Battles of Lexington and Concord

Posted by: Malea Walker

On April 21, 1775, The New-Hampshire Gazette and Historical Chronicle published an article titled “Bloody News,” reporting the first hostilities of what would become the Revolutionary War. On April 19, 1775, British troops fired on the men of the Lexington Company who had already begun to disperse, beginning an unplanned and bloody battle. The descriptions …

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AHHA! Discovering Black, Hispanic and Indigenous Comic Book Creators

Posted by: Joel Mota

The following is a guest post by Regan Chambers-Kleiner who recently interned at the Library in the Serial and Government Publications Division as a part of the Archives, History and Heritage Advanced Internship Program (AHHA). From September to November, I worked as an intern with the Library’s AHHA program. My project was to review and …

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AHHA Intern Spotlight: Jala Robertson

Posted by: Malea Walker

This fall, the Serial and Government Publications Division's Archives, History, and Heritage Advanced (AHHA) intern, Jala Robertson, researched and wrote 10 research guides about African American and Hispanic American people and groups using the Chronicling America Historic American Newspapers database. Take a look at Robertson's guides on Muhammad Ali, Arthur Ashe, the Tuskegee Airmen and more!