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Voices of U.S. Diplomacy and the Berlin Wall
Posted by: Priscilla Linn
About the Author: Priscilla Linn is the Senior Curator at the U.S. Diplomacy Center.
The U.S. Diplomacy Center invites you to view the online exhibition Voices of U.S. Diplomacy and the Berlin Wall. This exhibition commemorates the 20 years since…
The Journey After “One Giant Leap for Mankind”
Posted by: Priscilla Linn
About the Author: Priscilla Linn is the Senior Curator at the U.S. Diplomacy Center.
Forty years ago, on July 20, 1969, Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin spent approximately three hours on the moon. Little did the first men to walk on Earth’s only satellite — and their fellow astronaut…
Online Exhibit Explores Legacy of Marshall Plan
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About the Author: Priscilla Linn is the Senior Curator at the U.S. Diplomacy Center.
The Marshall Plan is one of the most effective examples of U.S. diplomacy in 20th century American history. To mark this accomplishment, the U.S. Diplomacy Center at the Department of State has created an online exhibit
Cricketers’ Gift Evokes Memories of Cold War Diplomacy
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About the Author: Priscilla Linn is the Senior Curator at the U.S. Diplomacy Center.
The words, written in 1950, on the silver plaque holding the cigarette lighter, shaped like a cricket ball, are formal, simple and true: "To their excellencies the Ambassador and Mrs. Briggs with the appreciative good wishes of the cricketers of Prague."
Who were the “cricketers of Prague,”…