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We're upgrading! In two weeks, on August 4, users will automatically be sent from the legacy version of the Chronicling America historic newspaper archive to the new version. Check out the added features and tools: loc.gov/collections/ch…
Magazine Monday: The Library of Congress' Jefferson Building is often called the most beautiful building in Washington, D.C. Library staff members recommend favorite things to see and do in the building in the latest issue of the Library of Congress Magazine.…
🗣️ Calling all book lovers! If you love reading and being a part of a team, you’re invited to volunteer for the 25th Library of Congress National Book Festival on September 6th! 📚📖🎉 loc.gov/visit/voluntee… #NatBookFest
Some National Tattoo Day trivia: When the Social Security Administration first began issuing numbers, it wasn't uncommon for people to get their number tattooed on their body. 💪 Photo from the Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Photograph Collection at the…
Today is the 80th anniversary of the first detonation of a nuclear weapon, the Trinity test in New Mexico. Did you know the Library has leader of the Manhattan Project and father of the atomic bomb J. Robert Oppenheimer's papers? More than 300 boxes worth. Read more:…
Is "Die Hard" a Christmas movie? It came out on this day (July 15) in 1988, and was added to the Library's National Film Registry in 2017. Nominations for the 2025 National Film Registry will be accepted for one more month! Nominate something before August 15th. 👇…
NOTICE: While planning your visit to the Library of Congress, please check this recently updated list of prohibited items: loc.gov/visit/know-bef…
Here's an abridged look at what has to happen when a roughly 800-year-old manuscript comes to the Library of Congress' Conservation Division in need of repair. Read more about this manuscript & the repair process: blogs.loc.gov/preservation/2…
Tennis great Arthur Ashe would be 82 years old today. When we think of him, we think of The Blackwell's Kinfolk family tree, a physically impressive genealogical treasure housed here at the Library of Congress that documents his family as far back as 1789. loc.gov/exhibitions/tr…
NEWS: The full author lineup for the 25th Library of Congress National Book Festival is out now! Mark your calendars for September 6th. 👇 newsroom.loc.gov/news/more-than…
The "Unearthing the Lost Songs of Kohala" project aims to document generations-old “heirloom songs” from the Kohala region of Hawaii. It's part of an initiative to archive cultural expressions & traditions that may otherwise be absent from the national record.…
NOTICE: All buildings of the Library of Congress will be closed on Friday, July 4 for the federal Independence Day holiday.
On this day in 1864, President Abraham Lincoln signed the Yosemite Valley Grant Act, giving California the Yosemite Valley & Mariposa Big Tree Grove “upon the express conditions that the premises shall be held for public use, resort, and recreation.” loc.gov/item/today-in-…
