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What library could possibly be a better resource for primary documents in American History than our own Library of Congress?
1763-1815 (The American Revolution and the New Nation)
1815-1860 (National Expansion and Reform)
1860-1877 (Civil War and Reconstruction)

Online Archive of the Japanese American Relocation during World War II
http://departments.oxy.edu/digitalarch/web/index.htm
From 1941 to 1946, Occidental College President Remsen DuBois Bird and College Librarian Elizabeth McCloy made it their mission to preserve articles, newspapers, pamphlets, and other items related to the forced internment of persons of Japanese ancestry along the West Coast. Several years ago, a [...]

We Choose The Moon
http://wechoosethemoon.org/
It’s a few hours before the launch of Apollo 11, and there’s quite a bit of work still to be done. The buzz of the crowds nearby waiting for take-off can be a bit distracting, and fortunately you have a crack team onboard, including Neal Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins. [...]

British Museum: London 1753
http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/online_tours/britain/london_1753/london_1753.aspx
When the world was two and a half centuries younger, the British Museum was founded in London. That sprawling city on the Thames was fast becoming a major world capital, and visitors with [...]

Henry VIII had over fifty palaces each with its own collection of books.  The “Keeper of the King’s library” was paid £10 a year for his services.  The main library was in Richmond and was apparently a personal collection accumulated by successive monarchs.  In need of information in preparation for the royal divorce, the [...]

The Library of Congress has partnered with PBS and filmmaker Ken Burns to record and preserve the experiences of America’s World War II veterans.  View the Veterans History Project here.

Jamestown Rediscovery
http://www.preservationvirginia.org/jr.html?process=0
The archaeological site of Jamestown, the failed English Settlement in Virginia that was established in 1607, is under excavation, and the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities’ website detailing its progress is very thorough and provides many different features to tell Jamestown’s story. [...]

The National Archives: Ancient Petitions
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/petitions.asp
These days, online petitions, missives, and other such documents are pretty much ubiquitous across the web. Centuries ago, petitions were a bit more difficult to draw up, and usually they would not [...]

Jewish American Heritage Month
http://www.jewishheritage.gov/index.html
In an effort to recognize the more than 350-year history of Jewish contributions to American culture, May was proclaimed Jewish American Heritage Month. To help celebrate, this website was created by a [...]

Germany Under Reconstruction
http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/History/subcollections/GerReconAbout.html
Offered as part of the University of Wisconsin Digital Collection’s History collection, Germany Under Reconstruction provides the public with access to a variety of publications in English and German from the early days following World War II. The documents cover a wide range of topics, and they include works that look at the [...]