INSIDE WASHINGTON: Archives' record-keeping lapse (AP)

AP – This image provided by the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) shows a photocopy of a … By LARRY MARGASAK, Associated Press Writer Larry Margasak, Associated Press Writer – 38 mins ago WASHINGTON – National Archives visitors know they'll find the Declaration of Independence, the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights in the main building's magnificent rotunda in Washington. But they won't find the patent file for the Wright Brothers' Flying Machine or the maps for the first atomic bomb missions anywhere in the Archives inventory. Many historical items the Archives once possessed are missing, including: _Civil War telegrams from Abraham Lincoln. _Original signatures of Andrew Jackson. _Presidential portraits of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. _NASA photographs from space and on the moon. _Presidential... [read full story]                    

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