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5,000 posts!

See them all in our Tumblr Archive!

5,000 is a lot to choose from, but what was your favorite @todaysdocument​ post?

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Happy 227th #ConstitutionDay!

September 17 is designated as Constitution Day and Citizenship Day to commemorate the signing of the U.S. Constitution in Philadelphia on September 17, 1787. Learn more about the U.S. Constitution through programs, and resources from the National Archives:

Of the People: Live from the National Archives - A Tour and Up Close Look at the Constitution with David S. Ferriero, Archivist of the United States

Constitution Day Activities at the National Archives

The Constitution of the United States

View the Constitution in Person

Read a Transcript of the Constitution

Teaching Activities and Primary Sources from DocsTeach

Have you ever been to the usnatarchives to see the Constitution in person?  

Bonus question - have you ever slept over in the same room as the Constitution?

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Today's Document turns 3 today!

3,000 posts and 150,000 followers later, we couldn't have asked for a better 3 years sharing the historic, important, & otherwise curious records from the National Archives!

Thanks to all our followers, rebloggers & Tumblr staff!!

(And hope you enjoyed our celebratory #VelocipedeToWorkDay post!)

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It seems like just yesterday we were celebrating 1,000 followers, and now here we are with over 100,000 followers after two short years! We are blown away! We love being able to share our documents and their stories with you—thanks for making that possible. We have the best followers ever! 

What has been your favorite document featured on Congress in the Archives?

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President John F. Kennedy Peers into Space Capsule at the Presentation Ceremony of NASA Distinguished Service Medal (DSM) to Astronaut and Colonel John Glenn, Jr. at Hangar ‘S’ at Cape Canaveral, Florida, 02/23/1962

(Another user submission for our #RememberingJFK series - thanks!)

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The National Archives is on Instagram! Check us out! 

http://instagram.com/usnatarchives

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Missed a todaysdocument post?  Explore our Tumblr archive --  we have over 2,500 posts going back over 2 years!

Don't know where to start?  Browse a few of our tags for your favorite topic:

Civil War

World War II

Civil Rights

Women's History

Patents & Inventions

Sea Otters

Steampunk

Fashion

Celebrities & Famous Individuals

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This month is our 2nd Tumblrversary and we now stand at over 99,500 followers and climbing!   

Two years ago we started the Today's Document Tumblr as a somewhat dubious social media experiment and never would have believed that today we'd be on the cusp of 100,000 followers.  We love bringing you a little sliver of history every day, and are gratified that you all keep coming back for more.  So here's to all our fans, followers, rebloggers, history nerds, fellow tumblarians, and to our National Archives colleagues who have made all these great records available for us to share!  Thanks!! 

  (And just in case this wasn't apparent, no, there is no "U.S. Social Media Commission" we're aware of - but check out the GSA's USA.gov Tumblr - they're probably the closest thing to it.)