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Archive: May 2015 (3 Posts)

Ornate red and ivory wall decoration, with plaque and symbols

Baking at the Capitol

Posted by: Margaret Wood

No, this is not a post about summer temperatures in Washington, D.C.  Rather, this is a post that a number of us have been dreaming about for several years.  For some curious reason, baking and law librarianship seem to be inextricably linked: many law librarians are master bakers, and those that are not are master …

Ornate red and ivory wall decoration, with plaque and symbols

The Palace of Justice in Paris – Pic of the Week

Posted by: Margaret Wood

This is a guest post by Nicolas Boring, French foreign law specialist at the Law Library of Congress.  Nicolas has previously blogged FALQs: Freedom of Speech in France and co-collaborated on the post, Does the Haitian Criminal Code Outlaw Making Zombies. I took a few days of vacation to visit relatives in France back in …

Ornate red and ivory wall decoration, with plaque and symbols

End of the War in Europe

Posted by: Margaret Wood

Living in the nation’s capital can make one rather jaded.  Another presidential inauguration – another day of clogged metro and closed streets!  The Cherry Blossom Festival – the cherry blossoms are always beautiful – but again the traffic is horrendous.  But last Friday, May 8th, I witnessed a flyover of 15 World War II aircraft …