It was 1963 when I saw it for the first time. I was 13 years old and it had just turned six. I was on my first trip to Colonial Williamsburg in Virginia with my parents. I remember walking into the theater at the Visitor’s Center and sitting down in one of the plush folding seats. A blue hue enveloped the dimly lit room and a little wall stood between me and the enormous screen. I remember wondering, am I going to be able to see the film with this wall in my way? But then the

(Movie Poster, National Treasure , Walt Disney Pictures) I couldn’t be prouder of my old ship, the National Archives. Events in recent...

In the early 1990’s a friend asked me to join him for a round of golf at an iconic Baltimore course where he was a member. Sparrows Point Country Club was originally a 9-hole course built in 1952 by Bethlehem Steel on a 250-acre waterfront parcel in Southeast Baltimore. Designed and created by renowned golf course architect William Gordon, the club had 27 holes by 1961 and was sold to the membership in 1985. Immaculate, challenging, and unique are the words I’d use to describ

As a long-time employee of the National Archives in Washington, DC, I had learned to never utter the words, “well, now I’ve seen it all”....

So, it was 35 years after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, and I was the Director of Congressional Affairs at the National...