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Official account of the world’s largest library. Explore collections & plan a visit. All Library accounts: https://t.co/KMH2LPXfZv
Washington, DC
Joined June 2007
September is Library Card Sign-up Month. It's easy to get one from the Library of Congress! Here's how: https://t.co/xenlifHVdO
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Vergara's archive includes a photograph taken from this spot on September 11, 2001. It also documents the Tribute in Light memorial and the progress of One World Trade Center's construction. https://t.co/xwuu2iKc6R
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The Library is home to the photographic archive of Camilo José Vergara, whose photography documents how America’s cities have changed through the years. One spot he's photographed again and again: Lower Manhattan as seen from the Manhattan Bridge. 🧵
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Attention, educators! As you build out your curriculum for the school year ahead, the Library of Congress is here for you with teaching tools, professional learning, and powerful primary sources for your classroom. Check out https://t.co/vk9bre5I9v to learn more.
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Roosevelt refused to kill the bear, deeming it unsportsmanlike. Political cartoonist Clifford Berryman (whose papers are held at the Library) satirized the event & soon a NYC shop owner began selling stuffed "Teddy's Bears." The bear cub character became Berryman's signature.
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It's National Teddy Bear Day 🧸. You may know teddy bears are named after President Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt, but do you know why? It started on a 1902 bear hunting trip, on which Roosevelt had trouble finding a bear, so his assistants found one for him & tied it to a tree. 🧵
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NEWS: On this International Literacy Day, 24 organizations working to expand literacy and promote reading have been awarded 2025 Library of Congress Literacy Awards.
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Library of Congress Announces 2025 Literacy AwardsRecipients of Top Prizes Include Literacy Partners, Literacy Mid-South, Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities' Prime Time Family Reading Program...
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The National Book Festival always goes by way too fast! We had a great day and we hope you did, too. Please take our survey and tell us how we did: https://t.co/GE60rUydLj
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Notice: All National Book Festival programming scheduled to be in Rm. 202 will be moved to Rm. 204 for the remainder of the day!
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Reminder if you're at the National Book Festival today: This thread has all the info you need to find your way around, but there are also LOTS of volunteers who can help you out!
It's almost time! The 25th Library of Congress National Book Festival is TOMORROW (Saturday, Sept. 6) at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. Are you coming? Read this #NatBookFest thread! 🧵👇
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Can't attend in person? Discover how to experience the 2025 National Book Festival online with our virtual attendee guide: https://t.co/Ar8XeDyh8C Videos of the programming will also be made available online shortly after the festival.
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More than 85 authors will be in attendance! Find the full schedule of events here: https://t.co/7vR29sn4Md You can also download a printable program & convention center map here:
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Prinatable versions of the Festival program and convention center map.
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Fast facts: - The festival is 100% FREE & open to the public - Doors open at 8:30 a.m., festival hours are 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. - The closest Metro station is Mount Vernon Square (on the Green/Yellow lines) More frequently asked questions & answers here: https://t.co/BisqosFytV
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It's almost time! The 25th Library of Congress National Book Festival is TOMORROW (Saturday, Sept. 6) at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. Are you coming? Read this #NatBookFest thread! 🧵👇
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September 3-13 were skipped that year as part of the transition from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian calendar. This is why you will sometimes see, for example, President Washington's 1732 birthday listed as being on February 11 (Old Style) AND on February 22 (New Style).
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Beautiful, vintage illustrated calendars from the Library's Prints and Photographs Division and a fun calendar fact for you: This date (and 10 after that) in 1752 technically didn't exist for the British Empire or the 13 Colonies. Why? 🧵⬇️
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Twenty years ago, Hurricane Katrina made landfall in Louisiana. In the aftermath of the storm, @StoryCorps recorded interviews with survivors. You can hear some of them here: https://t.co/OxOk0G6Xg0 The Library of Congress American Folklife Center is proud to preserve the
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20 years ago, Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast. StoryCorps was there in the aftermath, recording interviews with survivors in the cities where they fled. The stories in this episode— many...
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This fall, C-SPAN will launch America’s Book Club, a weekly primetime series hosted by the renowned David M. Rubenstein. The show will be taped before audiences at some of the nation’s most iconic public libraries, including here at the Library of Congress!
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