America250 Film Screening

Join the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum in Hyde Park, NY, on Wednesday, June 25, 2025, at 2 p.m. ET, for the first program in its America250 Film Series: a screening of the Academy Award-nominated film 1776. The film is a musical celebration of the founding of the United States based on the award-winning Broadway production.

Register online for your free tickets to this in-person event.

The Art of the Abolitionist Movement

On Wednesday, June 25 at 6 p.m. CT, the William J. Clinton Presidential Library and Museum will welcome Aston Gonzalez, Ph.D. to the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts in Little Rock, AR, for a conversation on his book, "Visualizing Equality: African American Rights and Visual Culture in the Nineteenth Century." The book details how daguerreotypes, lithographs, cartes de visite, and steam printing presses enabled artists to advocate for social reform, including the Abolitionist Movement.

“Visualizing Equality" is one of two public programs being held in conjunction with the Arkansas Civic Education Institute, an annual week-long professional development opportunity for 4th-12th-grade teachers. These programs are the first in the Clinton Presidential Center Commemorates America250 series, which is dedicated to exploring the history of the United States

Register here for your free tickets to this in-person event.

From the Stacks: Private Pagett

Private Pagett was the Marine Corps bulldog mascot–his “fingerprints” are part of his Marine Corps Official Military Personnel File (OMPF). He was a gift from the Royal Marines of Great Britain, following the death of Sgt. Major Jiggs in 1927. Private Pagett enlisted on June 27, 1927, and represented the Marine Corps proudly until his death on May 5, 1928. 

The National Archives at St. Louis also houses OMPFs for several other military mascots, including Marine Corps bulldogs Sergeant Major Jiggs I, Sergeant Major Jiggs II, Sergeant Major Jiggs III, Sergeant Jiggs IV, and Archibald Greenkins.

A photograph of Private Pagett from his Official Military Personnel File. NAID: 405193918