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Today in History: Remember the Maine Edition

Posted by: Matt Raymond

If you’re like me, and you filed your federal taxes at the last minute only a couple of weeks ago, you might have been intrigued by an unusual option: a refund of between $30 to $60 to which you probably didn’t know you were entitled. The IRS, at the urging of Congress, is issuing what …

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

Today in History: Happy Birthday to Us Edition

Posted by: Matt Raymond

I anticipate that one of my regular features will be to highlight or comment upon ? hopefully every day ? the Library?s ?Today in History? page. There are a lot of ?on this day? pages on the Web, but I?d wager that none of them benefits so directly from the combined resources and expertise of …