Singer-songwriter Aloe Blacc joins an all-star cast in @Smokey_Robinson #GershwinPrize tribute concert on PBS Feb 10.
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Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera presents Chapter Three of “The Technicolor Adventures of Catalina Neon”—a bilingual, illustrated poem written from contributions by second and third graders and their school librarians around the country. Read the new chapter now, then help write the next chapter of Catalina’s adventure!
Welcome to "The Technicolor Adventures of Catalina Neon," a bilingual, illustrated poem created with the help of artist Juana Medina ... and you. Elementary school librarians, get your second and third grade students "neonized" and help us tell Catalina's story to the world! Here's how it works: Jua...
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On this date in 1803, President Thomas Jefferson commissioned the Lewis and Clark expedition to explore the west.
Rich online treasures: World War I poster art told stories & compelled public action. #ww1
This collection makes available online approximately 1,900 posters created between 1914 and 1920. Most relate directly to the war, but some German posters date from the post-war period and illustrate events such as the rise of Bolshevism and Communism, the 1919 General Assembly election and various…
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The inauguration of the 45th president will be the social media event of the year.
Inauguration Trivia: Which president was the 1st to have his inauguration recorded by "talking newsreel"?
An all-star cast honors Smokey Robinson in #GershwinPrize tribute concert on PBS on Feb 10.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., twentieth-century America’s most compelling and effective civil rights leader, was born on January 15, 1929, in Atlanta, Georgia. After entering Morehouse College at age fifteen, King followed his father and grandfather into the Baptist m...
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Inauguration Trivia: Which president was the 1st to have his inauguration filmed by a motion picture camera?
Views of crowds on Pennsylvania Ave., NW, in front of the old Willard Hotel during the March 4, l90l inaugural festivities.
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No snakes on THIS plane! Samuel L. Jackson hosts an all-star cast in Smokey Robinson #GershwinPrize tribute concert on PBS Feb 10 #PBSGershwin
Rich online treasures: the papers of #ww1 Gen. John J. Pershing reveal interesting insights:
The diaries, notebooks, and address books of John Joseph Pershing (1860-1948), U.S. army officer and commander-in-chief of the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I, are part of a larger collection of Pershing papers available for research use onsite in the Manuscript Reading Room of the Libr...
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Carol Griffin Stringer2starI was scheduled for a tour. I showed up on time /ahead of time as requested. Watched a video about how/what the library... does. Got me excited. Then the tour started-la te because people show up late. Then I spent the next 30 min bored with our tour guide because she went on and on about the the constructi on, and what each cherub means on the stair case - she spent way to much time on how a book was made. I didn't see any of the interestin g stuff they showed on the video - I could tell a lot of people on the tour felt the same ... I had to break off from the tour to finish talking photos of the building and barely made my text tour time at the capital. Skip the guided tour - just go in for the photos See More 
Julie Hawker Cummings5starI forced my kids to accompany me all over the place this week because 1. I have no interest in navigatingpublic transit... and therefore 2. They have to act responsibl e while I play on my phone, so... Win/ Win. Anyway, THIS was my favorite place, architecturally . The Library of Congress is so beautiful. I could have stayed for a half day, just staring at the walls and ceilings. Photos are allowed with the exception of anything encased, and you'll be amazed at the collection here. The Civil Rights section was particular ly interestin g to me. As for the kids, they didn't hate this place. In fact they found things to do while I browsed. However, this wouldn't keep their interest for too long. I was able to spend about an hour here before my 12 and 15 year old were ready to leave me. Unfortunat ely, when you decide to leave the parental duties of touring cities via subway to your children, you're also at their mercy if you actually want to get back home. Highly recommend without the kids! See More
