When revolutionary-turned-president Thomas Jefferson still walked the streets of Washington, D.C., there were people who wanted to give him a good jab with their index finger and hand him a piece of their minds.
These days, here on Capitol Hill, you can give Thomas Jefferson a jab … and dig a little deeper into his mind.
It’s …
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From time to time, we ask ourselves:
Where is the outrage?
Well, for an amazing 72 years, it was on editorial pages, especially that of the Washington Post–in political commentary by the influential cartoonist Herblock (Herb Block), who made presidents and other public figures, from Herbert Hoover to George W. Bush, ink-stained and wretched.
The Library of Congress is …
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I thought I would pass along a statistic that has been floating about for the past couple of days:
Our total number of visitors from January to April 2009 increased a whopping 69 percent over 2007! (We’re comparing against 2007 because the same period in 2008 had too many variables, including an extended building closure to …
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It isn’t unusual for docents like Malcolm O’Hagan to find that they have inspired visitors after a tour of the Thomas Jefferson Building. (I have written about such inspiration before.) It is, after all, one of the great buildings at the heart of one of the great institutions of the world.
But what wasn’t …
Posted in: Poetry, Thomas Jefferson Building
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Time was, the most common question we would get at the Library of Congress was, “Where are all the books?” (The answer is here.)
But a new question has begun to rival that query in frequency: “Where is the ‘Book of Secrets’?”
Well, for the next month, at least, you can find it at the Library of …
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The DVD for “National Treasure: Book of Secrets” isn’t released until Tuesday, May 20, but we here at one of the chief locations in the film managed to get our hands on a copy.
The two-disc collectors’ edition and the Blu-Ray edition include a bonus feature titled “Inside the Library of Congress,” and I have to …
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There is so much history around this sprawling place that sometimes a milestone or two worth mentioning will slip beneath the radar.
The Politico reported that yesterday (Nov. 1) was the 110th anniversary of the opening of the Library of Congress?s Thomas Jefferson Building on Capitol Hill (although the ?TJB? moniker wouldn?t come until many decades …
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While we prepare for the last long weekend of the summer ? or shop for school supplies ? let us pause to remember the historic significance of Labor Day and the men and women who fought for workers? rights.
In 1894, Congress passed legislation making Labor Day ? the first Monday in September ? a national …
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A partial image of page 1 of the rough draft of the Declaration of Independence, with a gradient fade applied
A couple of notes about recent TV appearances, and then an on-topic digression (which is after the jump).
First of all, as previously mentioned, Dr. Billington, the Librarian of Congress, was the guest July 1 on C-SPAN?s …
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A rare opportunity surfaced the other day to go on a tour of the dome of the Thomas Jefferson Building, so ? as you might imagine ? I leapt on it in a heartbeat.
Not only did it offer a unique vantage on Washington, D.C., (especially the Capitol across First Street, along with the Capitol Visitor …
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