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“From Pirates to Passports: A Timeless Commitment to Service” Exhibition Opens
From May 2019 to July 2019, the National Museum of American Diplomacy (formerly known as the U.S. Diplomacy Center) hosted the Bureau of Consular Affairs…
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Diplomacy Center Foundation Founding Ambassadors Concourse Dedication
On May 8, 2019, the Diplomacy Center Foundation, the private sector fundraising partner for the National Museum of American Diplomacy (previously known as the United…
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Piracy and Passports: How American merchants protected themselves from capture and enslavement
May 13 marks the 218th anniversary of President Thomas Jefferson ordering U.S. naval vessels to stop Barbary interference with American trade in the Mediterranean. Jefferson’s…
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James H. Keeley's Medal of Freedom
“The Consulate General had its windows and doors blown in or out several times, and all of us had narrow escapes, but no one was…
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Update from the Diplomacy Center Foundation
Ambassador Roman Popadiuk, President. April 2019 On May 8, 2019, the Founding Ambassadors Concourse of the United States Diplomacy Center will be dedicated during a special luncheon…
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NMAD Opens Exhibit "Defining Diplomacy for 100 years: The Foreign Service Journal"
The National Museum of American Diplomacy (formerly the U.S. Diplomacy Center) and the American Foreign Service Association celebrated 100 years of the Foreign Service Journal…
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Ambassador Sheldon Whitehouse's 1914 Special Passport
Sheldon Whitehouse, a career Foreign Service Officer (FSO), served as U.S. Minister to Guatemala (1929-1933) and to Colombia (1933-1934). Prior to these posts, he used this Special Passport to travel to his post at the U.S. Legation for Greece and Montenegro. It was issued on June 30, 1914, just as war was…
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"I would rather sacrifice my life": The Assassination of Ambassador Dubs
Adolph “Spike” Dubs was a career Foreign Service Officer and noted Soviet expert. From 1973-74, he served as Chargé d’Affaires at Embassy Moscow, and in…
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A Century of Service - U.S. Diplomatic Courier Services turns 100
The United States Diplomacy Center is honored to celebrate the centennial anniversary of the Diplomatic Courier Service with a new exhibit, “100 Years of Diplomatic…
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Afghanistan’s Heritage: Restoring Spirit and Stone
The National Museum of American Diplomacy (formerly the U.S. Diplomacy Center) was pleased to host the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs’ photo exhibition Afghanistan’s Heritage:…
