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Why Documents Matter: An Interactive Digital Edition

Economics, Geography, Government and Civics, World History

Welcome to Why Documents Matter: An Interactive Digital Edition—a selection of primary sources from the Gilder Lehrman Collection curated and annotated for K–12 classrooms (print edition available here). Scroll through the entire...

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The Attack on Pearl Harbor: A Map-based Exhibition

Government and Civics

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The Fifteenth Amendment Celebrated: An In-Depth Exploration

Art, Government and Civics

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The War of 1812 in the West: An In-Depth Exploration

Art, Geography, Government and Civics

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Lincoln Speaks: Words That Transformed a Nation

Government and Civics

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African Americans in the US Military: From the Revolution to the World Wars

Government and Civics

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Frederick Douglass from Slavery to Freedom: The Journey to New York City

Government and Civics

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Civil War 150

Government and Civics

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Alexander Hamilton and the Founding of the United States

Economics, Government and Civics

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Paul Revere's Engraving of the Boston Massacre: Interactive

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World War I and America

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Alexander Hamilton: Witness to the Founding Era

Economics, Government and Civics

This series of online exhibitions explores the importance of Alexander Hamilton to the founding of the United States. Each mini-exhibition features locations where Alexander Hamilton made history and documents written by or about him...

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"We the People": Printings of the US Constitution from the Gilder Lehrman Collection

Government and Civics

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Timeline: American Immigration, 1565–2017

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Timeline: The Era of Theodore Roosevelt

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Margaret Corbin

Margaret Corbin Revolutionary War Margaret “Molly” Corbin was the first woman in the United States to earn a military pension, based on her service at the Battle of Fort Washington. Image Source: Herbert Knotel, Twentieth-century sketch representing...

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Cuffee Saunders

Cuffee Saunders Revolutionary War Born into slavery, Cuffee Saunders secured his freedom by serving during the Revolutionary War. Image Source: Benjamin Huntington, Oath certifying Cuffee Saunders's purchase of freedom, 1821, Gilder Lehrman...

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Henry Knox

Henry Knox Revolutionary War Henry Knox rose through the ranks during the American Revolution to become chief of artillery in George Washington’s army. Image Source: Gilbert Stuart, Oil painting of Henry Knox, 1806, The Museum of Fine Arts Boston ...

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Federico Fernández Cavada

Federico Fernández Cavada Civil War Cuban-born Federico Fernández Cavada served in the Union Army during the Civil War as an engineer and topographer with the Balloon Corps, sketching Confederate forces from the air. Image Source: Mathew B. Brady,...

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Pauline Cushman

Pauline Cushman Civil War Pauline Cushman served as a spy for the Union Army and is buried at San Francisco National Cemetery. She was an actress who used her skills to gather intelligence for the Union Army. Image Source: Mathew Brady Studio,...

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Edward Day Cohota

Edward Day Cohota Civil War Edward Day Cohota served in the Union Army for thirty years and was one of approximately 300 Asians and Pacific Islanders who fought in the Civil War. Image Source: Photograph of Edward Day Cohota, ca. 1880-1890, Cape Ann...

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Louis Santop Loftin

Louis Santop Loftin World War I Louis Santop Loftin, Hall of Fame baseball player and WWI Veteran, is buried at the Philadelphia National Cemetery. Loftin played baseball in the Negro Leagues from 1909 to 1926 and was one of the league’s first star...

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Ella Osborn

Ella Osborn World War I Ella Jane Osborn, a nurse deployed to France during World War I, is buried at Wainscott Cemetery in New York. She kept a remarkable diary in 1918 and 1919 that captured her experiences during the war. Image Source: Ella Jane...

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Yeiichi “Kelly” Kuwayama

Yeiichi “Kelly” Kuwayama World War II Yeiichi Kuwayama served as a platoon medic in the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, composed of Japanese Americans. His unit fought in some of the fiercest World War II battles in Italy and France. Image Source:...

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Joe Morris Sr.

Joe Morris Sr. World War II Joe Morris Sr. was one of four hundred “code talkers” who memorized a code that substituted traditional Navajo words for military phrases. The contributions of the Navajo code talkers were classified until 1968. Image...

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