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Archive: April 2022 (5 Posts)

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Searching for the American Chestnut in the Library of Congress

Posted by: Sasha Dowdy

This is a guest blog by Mel Hawkins, Teaching with Primary Sources Intern at the Young Reader’s Center and Programs Lab. For information on this intenship opportunity, please follow this link. To celebrate Arbor Day today this year,  maybe you and your family will go for a nature walk around your neighborhood or the local …

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A Date with History

Posted by: Naomi Coquillon

This is a guest post by Rachel Gordon, Educational Programs Specialist in the Library’s Informal Learning Office, with thanks to Muhannad Salhi of the African and Middle Eastern Division for help identifying resources, and for his Ramadan blog post. It’s a particularly appropriate time to think about the date palm and its dense, sticky, highly …