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Posted by: Ellen Terrell
...we thought it might be interesting to explore what the soldiers ate during that war and how they celebrated the Thanksgiving holiday.
Posted in: Cookbooks and Food, Heritage Months, Holidays, and Today in History
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
This blog post is about the John Adams building of the Library of Congress.
Posted in: Heritage Months, Holidays, and Today in History, John Adams Building
Posted by: Jennifer Harbster
Being the self-proclaimed LC weather gal, I felt compelled, and it was thoughtfully suggested to me, to write about the weather on August 28, 1963, during the March on Washington. I love researching historical weather; the temperature, precipitation, humidity, cloud coverage, wind, etc., all aid in setting the stage or painting the picture of a …
Posted in: Heritage Months, Holidays, and Today in History, Weather
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
While thinking about a topic for this year’s Labor Day blog post, I was reviewing what we had done in the past and I realized quite a few were labor-related. So I decided that instead of writing something entirely new, a review of previous blog posts would make a good post. A Factory, a …
Posted in: Business, Heritage Months, Holidays, and Today in History
Posted by: Jennifer Harbster
Many of us associate July 4th, Independence Day, with barbecues, picnics and fireworks. But it is also the day when we proudly display the National Flag of the United States. We honor this day by flying Old Glory’s stars and stripes, draping our buildings with American Flag bunting, and outfitting our celebrations in red, white …
Posted in: Heritage Months, Holidays, and Today in History, Technical Reports and Standards
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
This blog post is about the history of the ZIP code.
Posted in: Business, Heritage Months, Holidays, and Today in History
Posted by: Jennifer Harbster
Last week I had the fantastic opportunity to give a gallery talk in the Library’s Civil War in America Exhibit Hall about the role of technology during the U.S. Civil War. There were many technologies or tools in use or being developed at this time, such as the telegraph, ironclad steamships (e.g. Merrimack and Monitor), railroads, …
Posted in: Aeronautics/Astronautics, Biography, Heritage Months, Holidays, and Today in History, Inventions, Military science
Posted by: Jennifer Harbster
March 19 will mark the 5 year anniversary of the death of Sir Arthur C. Clarke. I would not be writing this blog post if it were not for the curiosity of one of our volunteers, Richard Halada, a local high school physics teacher. Richard was retrieving a book for us in the Adams’ Building …
Posted in: Aeronautics/Astronautics, Astronomy/Mathematics, Heritage Months, Holidays, and Today in History
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
The Sixteenth that I am referring to is the 16th Amendment to the Constitution which is the amendment that created the Income Tax. Ratification by the requisite number of states was completed on February 3, 1913 when Delaware became the 36th state to ratify. Thereafter, another six joined including New Mexico and Wyoming which also …
Posted in: Business, Heritage Months, Holidays, and Today in History