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  1. 12 mins

    Give us your input today on the Books That Shaped the World:

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  2. 13 mins

    A look at the legal aspects of the resignation of the Pontiff & the election of a new Pontiff.

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  3. 15 hrs

    Drew Gilpin Faust & Ric Burns discuss "Death and the Civil War", Intro by Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Feb 27 noon

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  4. 17 hrs

    Library In The News: January Edition: The Library of Congress exhibition “The Civil War in America” and Poet Lau...

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  5. 18 hrs

    Kluge scholars examine human perspectives on the environment & moral implications, Thu Feb 28, noon

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  6. 23 hrs

    Look at all of the interesting photos our visitors took during our Open House on Monday:

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  7. 24 hrs

    Ansel Adams, born Feb 20, 1902, photographed life in a Japanese American internment camp in 1943.

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  8. Feb 20

    RT Some of the more than 7,200 people who visited Library of Congress Main Reading Room yesterday.

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  9. Feb 19

    National Book Festival: Save the Date, Take the Survey: There’s news on two fronts for you book-lovers out there...

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  10. Feb 19

    The Feminine Mystique at 50: (The following is a guest post by Audrey Fischer, editor of the Library of Congress...

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  11. Feb 19

    Harvard pres Drew Gilpin Faust comes to the Library to talk about how the Civil War shaped society, Feb 27 noon.

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  12. Feb 19

    Nicolaus Copernicus was born Feb. 19, 1473. See how explorations in the Americas contributed to his work.

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  13. Feb 19

    Library of Congress National Book Festival Slated for Sept. 21-22: The 13th annual Library of Congress National ...

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  14. Feb 19

    I witnessed the original draft of the Emancipation Proclamation handwritten by Lincoln today Thanks for sharing!

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  15. Feb 18

    More than 4,000 people have visited the Main Reading Room today.

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  16. Feb 18

    The is a must see. Stop by our Civil War Exhibition - today is the last day!!! locspringopen13

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  17. Feb 18

    Join us for presidential mask making and other activities in the Young Readers Center on the Ground Floor at Noon.

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  18. Feb 18

    What an unbelievable beginning to today's Main Reading Room Open House!!

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  19. Feb 17

    Also: we'll be live-tweeting from the Open House tomorrow.

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  20. Feb 17

    Big Presidents Day Open House in our beautiful Main Reading Room tomorrow on Capitol Hill. Come & see!

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