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Archive: June 2017 (20 Posts)

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Pic of the Week: Kids Celebrate Reading Milestone

Posted by: Wendi Maloney

Seventy-six students from Tyler Elementary School in Washington, D.C., visited the Library of Congress on May 31 to celebrate a big accomplishment: together, they read 1,436 books during the school year with mentors from the Library’s staff and the House of Representatives. Mentors and students came together through the Power Lunch Program of Everybody Wins! …

Posted in: Events, Literacy, Pic of the Week

Image of an ornate clock showing 2:05 with sculpted male figures sitting on each side of the clock face

Inquiring Minds: Setting the Record Straight on Pirates and Their Wives

Posted by: Wendi Maloney

Pirate lore has long captivated us and, through the centuries, worked its way into our literature, movies and popular culture. But many depictions of pirates are wrong, distorting our understanding of them. So writes Daphne Palmer Geanacopoulos in her new book, “The Pirate Next Door: The Untold Story of Eighteenth Century Pirates’ Wives, Families and …

Posted in: History, Manuscripts, Researcher Stories, Women's History