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Posted by: Neely Tucker
The Library's collections document the historic 1963 March on Washington, one of the largest protests for social justice in national history, in our Changemakers series.
Posted in: African American History, Exhibitions, Washington DC
Posted by: Neely Tucker
This newsletter is the first in a series of guest blogs from Jason Reynolds, the National Ambassador for Young People's Literature.
Posted in: Washington DC
Posted by: Neely Tucker
It's peak cherry blossom season and the gorgeous trees are highlighted this month in the Library's Free to Use and Reuse sets of copyright-free photographs, prints and illustrations.
Posted in: Free to Use and Reuse, Photos, Pic of the Week, Washington DC
Posted by: Neely Tucker
One summer night in the White House in 1862, John Nicolay, Lincoln's secretary, wrote his future wife a whimsical letter about how "all bugdom" was swarming his office, attracted by the light of gas lamp.
Posted in: Abraham Lincoln, Civil War, Manuscripts, New Online, Washington DC
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