Dividing Louisiana
This map of the United States highlights in red the territory included in the Louisiana Purchase. Bought from France in 1803, the 820,000 square miles would be split...
Duty first
Lieutenant Margaret Stanfill, a member of the Army Nurse Corps, was the first American nurse to set foot on French soil. Here, she prepares a workstation on June 14,...
Family’s wishes
Dated February 1921, this document from the burial file of Sergeant Joyce Kilmer, a World War I soldier and well-known American poet confirms his family's desire that...
Financing Louisiana…
In 1803, representatives from the United States agreed to pay $15 million to purchase 828,000 square miles of land from France. Cash-poor France, preparing for war...
Fire!
This photograph shows the USS Nevada providing naval gunfire support for the troops storming Omaha and Utah beaches in Normandy. During the first 3 days of the...
Gift of France
This colorfully illustrated document presented “Liberty Enlightening the World” to the United States on July 4, 1884. A gift from the people of France, the...
“Go for Broke!”
Staff Sergeant James Kawashime stands guard in Charmois, France, in October 1944. Kawashime was a member of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, made up exclusively of...