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Category: Heritage Months, Holidays, and Today in History

Black and white portrait of John Glenn with hands on a globe in front of an American flag

An American in Orbit: The Story of John Glenn

Posted by: Angel Vu

This post was authored by Sean Bryant, Science Reference & Research Specialist in the Science, Technology, and Business Division of the Library of Congress. Fifty five years ago this week John Hershel Glenn Jr. rode an Atlas rocket into a cloudy February morning. In his Mercury space capsule Friendship 7, Glenn became the third person, …

Posted in: Aeronautics/Astronautics, Astronomy/Mathematics, Biography, Heritage Months, Holidays, and Today in History, Science

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The Potato Transformed: Norwegian Lefse

Posted by: Angel Vu

This post was authored by Stephanie Marcus, Science Reference & Research Specialist, in the Science, Technology, and Business Division of the Library of Congress. She is also author of the blog post “Kebabs, Kabobs, Shish Kebabs, Shashlyk, and: Chislic.” I considered writing my December blog post about leeches and bloodletting, but decided that wouldn’t be …

Posted in: Cookbooks and Food, Heritage Months, Holidays, and Today in History