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Retracing Our Steps: Remembering the 1964 Freedom Schools
Junior Fellow Khrisma McMurray shares civil rights resources about the summer of 1964, when children spent weeks participating in Freedom Schools.
A Scoop of Americana: The Ice Cream Soda
Ice cream soda recipes from the Library’s collection in honor of National Ice Cream Month.
Celebrating Pollinator Week with Library Resources
Resources for learning about pollinators and pollination with young children for pollinator week.
LGBTQ+ History: Christine Jorgensen’s Life of Fame and Femininity
This post was written by Eori Tokunaga, an intern in the Library of Congress’s Informal Learning Office, Young Readers Center-Program Lab. Families are made up of people of all different identities. Inside the Library’s collections are stories of thousands of people throughout history, many of whom sought to change the norms of the society in […]
Homemade Gifts for Father’s Day
Ideas for Father’s Day gifts made with inspiration from the Library’s collections.
“National Treasure,” the “Book of Secrets,” and the Library of Congress: A Conversation with Main Reading Room Librarian Abby Yochelson
An inside look at the National Treasure movies at the Library with librarian Abby Yochelson.
Live and In Person! Come to the 2022 National Book Festival on Saturday, Sept. 3
The National Book Festival is returning to the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C., on Saturday, Sept. 3!
Remembering Norman Mineta
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 […]
Searching for the American Chestnut in the Library of Congress
This is a guest blog by Mary Ellen 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 […]