Storing the Navy's history for safe keeping

Published: Aug. 18, 2020, 2:07 p.m.

b'Construction is underway, reconstruction more accurately, of a complex of ancient buildings at the Washington, D.C. Navy yard. Under auspices of the Naval History and Heritage Command, the Operational Archives and Repository Complex, some of it dating to 1851, will become a modern storage facility. Dr. Kristina Giannotta is the assistant director for the Histories and Archives Division. She talked with the Federal Drive with Tom Temin about the big overhaul.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'