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Remembering Norman Mineta

Posted by: Sasha Dowdy

This is a guest post by Informal Learning Office’s virtual intern, Eori Tokunaga.  Norman Yoshio Mineta, who passed away earlier this month, had a long and influential history in American politics and was a proponent of restitution for Japanese American families who were incarcerated during World War II. We are celebrating his contributions to this …

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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 …