National Registry of Historic Websites

John just reminded me of the Washington Redskins effect of on whether or not the incumbent party will win the presidential election, and when I tried to connect the unincumbent party with the Redskins' opponents in those games after I saw that in 2000, incumbent Al Gore's homestate Tennessee Titans lost to the Redskins, and in 1980, incumbent VP Walter Mondale's homestate Minnesota Vikings lost to the Redskins. However, I was unable to connect Bob Dole's running mate Jack Kemp to the Indianapolis Colts. Kemp played quarterback for the Buffalo Bills among other teams, but not the Colts. His son Jeff was also an NFL quarterback, but he didn't play for the Colts either. (Son Jimmy quarterbacked in the CFL.)

Thus, I did not find the connection I was looking for, but in my search I did discover that the first ever website for a Republican presidential nominee was at www.dole96.com. It is being kept alive by someone not connected to Bob Dole, most likely a Libertarian.

Is there some sort of National Registry of Historic Websites? There have to be many sites that would be important for a short period of time, and then fade into oblivion, allowing the domain to become unclaimed. Shouldn't there be some authority to take over an maintain these sites? Perhaps the Library of Congress?