Alexander Hamilton: An Inspiring Founder

Alexander Hamilton: An Inspiring Founder

In celebration of Alexander Hamilton and the Broadway musical inspired by his extraordinary story, the National Archives will showcase original records from the Founder’s life and legacy, paired with related Hamilton lyrics.

On display in the East Rotunda Gallery through September 18, 2018.

Past Featured Records

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  Frances Perkins: Champion of Workers’ Rights

  Thursday, February 29, 2024 – Monday, April 15, 2024
  East Rotunda Gallery

  “I came to Washington to work for God, FDR, and the millions of forgotten plain common workingmen.” —Frances Perkins

  Chances are you benefit from the legacy of Frances Perkins,... Read more

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  70th Anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka

  Thursday, February 1, 2024 – Wednesday, February 28, 2024
  East Rotunda Gallery

  Equity in Education: 70 Years Later

  On May 17, 1954, the Supreme Court delivered a unanimous ruling in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka that “separate but equal” was unconstitutional in... Read more

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  250th Anniversary of the Boston Tea Party

  Thursday, December 14, 2023 – Wednesday, January 31, 2024

  East Rotunda Gallery

  The Destruction of the Tea

  It wouldn’t be known as the “Boston Tea Party” for another 50 years, but the destruction... Read more

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  Diseños: An Impact of Mexican Cession

  Tuesday, June 20, 2023 – Wednesday, October 18, 2023
  East Rotunda Gallery

   

  At the end of the Mexican-American War, the United States annexed more than half of Mexico’s territory under the 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. Under its terms, the U.S. promised to... Read more

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  Celebrating Anna May Wong

  Anna May Wong
  National Archives, Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service

  “I want to be an actress, not a freak.”

  Film legend Anna May Wong’s talent could not be contained by the racist casting of early Hollywood movies. Born Wong Liu Tsong in Los Angeles in 1905,... Read more