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Retirement: Citizen archivists reveal untold stories of our nation's first vets

The National Park Service and National Archives, working with volunteers to transcribe handwritten notes, are finding surprising bits of history. ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌  ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ 

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Retirement

Thu May 30 2024

 
Samuel Waples of Virginia wrote in his pension application about being held as a prisoner of war in the Pennsylvania State House, or the building we now know as Independence Hall in Philadelphia.

The National Park Service and National Archives, working with volunteers to transcribe handwritten notes, are finding surprising bits of history.

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These 3 tips will make you a Roth IRA millionaire by retirement

Imagine what you could do with $1 million of tax-free money available to you in your retirement. These 3 tips will get you there.

Glass jar used for saving US dollar bills and notes for IRA retirement fund.
 

1 major reason I prefer a Roth account for my retirement savings

Roth IRA and 401(k) accounts have attractive tax benefits but also a hidden advantage few people talk about.

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If your company matches Roth 401(k) contributions, watch your taxes

SECURE Act 2.0, which passed in December 2022, allowed employers for the first time to match Roth 401(k) contributions directly into a Roth account.

Virginia Crespo sends emails in her home for her volunteer work on March 21, 2024. Crespo had not planned to retire at 55 in 2002. She had two kids in college and a good job that she loved, teaching at a suburban high school near Annapolis, Md. But Crespo was also living with fibromyalgia, a chronic illness that causes pain, fatigue and brain fog.
 

How the latest inflation figures impact your Social Security check

Social Security's 2025 COLA estimate inched up to 3.2% as inflation stays elevated. An expected Medicare premium hike could eat up any COLA gain.

 

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