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Posted by: Neely Tucker
A conservator at the Library believes she has identified John Wood, an almost forgotten government photographer, as the man who took an iconic image of the first Lincoln inauguration.
Posted in: Abraham Lincoln, Capitol Hill, Civil War, Photos, U.S. Presidents, Washington DC
Posted by: Neely Tucker
An interview with author Louis Bayard, who will be speaking and signing books at the 2019 Library of Congress National Book Festival.
Posted in: Abraham Lincoln, National Book Festival, U.S. Presidents, Washington DC
Posted by: Neely Tucker
Two hundred years after his birth, Walt Whitman remains a towering figure. The Library of Congress, with the world's largest collection of Whitman's writings, marks the bicentennial with a flurry of events.
Posted in: Abraham Lincoln, Civil War, Washington DC