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Archive: August 2018 (2 Posts)

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Baseball Blues: Sunday Games and the Law

Posted by: Betty Lupinacci

There’s nothing like a Sunday afternoon baseball game. The stands are full of families, with children carrying gloves in the hopes of snagging a foul ball or, better yet, a home run ball! But it wasn’t always this way. During the early 1900s (and up until 1933), states’ blue laws prohibited baseball games being played …

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An Interview with Robert MacNeish, Collection Services Intern

Posted by: Betty Lupinacci

Today’s interview is with Robert MacNeish, an intern working in the Collection Services Division, Law Library of Congress. Describe your background. My name is Robert MacNeish. I am half-American and half-Italian. My mother, who also works for the Library of Congress, is from Sicily and my father is from Florida. I am the middle child …