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Archive: 2024 (35 Posts)

September Family Day Celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month

Posted by: Rachel Gordon

Hispanic Heritage Month begins on September 15th. Here at the Library of Congress, the Informal Learning Office (ILO) starts the celebrations a day early with its latest monthly, in-person family program on Saturday, September 14th. If you’re in the area, stop by the Thomas Jefferson Building and join us! Activities during the drop-in program (10:30 a.m. …

Two women in sweaters lean over a wooden table loaded with pies and cakes. Other people gather in the background, some looking at the pies.

Summer Cooking with the Library of Congress

Posted by: Katie McCarthy

As we reach the end of summer, I’m beginning to feel nostalgic for the hot days I grumbled about. Thinking about the past months, I’ve noticed that there are some foods I eat exclusively (or at least in a much higher quantity) in the summer: BLT sandwiches, corn on the cob, and hot dogs, to name …

A sepia photograph of the Eiffel Tower, a tall and narrow sculpture, with a garden in front of it.

Paris Olympic Games Then and Now: 1924 & 2024

Posted by: Alli Hartley-Kong

Let’s celebrate the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics a century after the Games were last held there. Check out this brief history of the Games, an overview of 1924 Olympic “firsts” and related stories of American athletes featured in Library collections.