Kennedy Family Collection Online

All photographs, scrapbooks, and albums in the Kennedy Family Collectionhave been digitized in full and are now accessible online through the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library’s digital archives. The collection contains approximately 6,000 items that document the life and times of the Kennedy and Fitzgerald families from 1878 through 1980. Click here to learn more. 

Front of the Kennedy family Christmas card for 1928. (Courtesy of John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum)

Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum named Best Presidential Attraction, six NARA Presidential Libraries recognized

The Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library, Museum, and Boyhood Homehas been recognized as the top winner in the Newsweek 2025 Readers' Choice Awards for Best Presidential Attraction, underscoring its vital role in preserving and promoting the legacy of President Dwight D. Eisenhower. 

The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum, William J. Clinton Presidential Library and Museum, George H.W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum, Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum, and John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum were also honored by Newsweek readers as top-ten Presidential destinations.

Visitors to all of NARA's Presidential Libraries are encouraged to track their progress through our Passport to Presidential Libraries program.

The Lee Resolution

On June 7, 1776, in the Second Continental Congress, Richard Henry Lee introduced a resolution proposing independence for the American colonies and stating "that these united colonies are and of right ought to be free and independent states." The Lee Resolution contained three parts: a declaration of independence, a call to form foreign alliances, and "a plan for confederation."

On July 2, 1776, the Congress adopted the first part of Lee’s Resolution (the declaration), and its words are echoed in the Declaration of Independence.

As the National Archives Museum prepares to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence in 2026, we will debut a new museum experience. The American Story, opening October 23, 2025, will give insight to several important moments throughout our nation's history.

The Lee Resolution records the July 2, 1776, vote in which the Continental Congress agreed to independence. NAID: 301685