Election Day: Vote. That’s It.
Posted by: Neely Tucker
A 1943 Works Progress Administration urges Americans to remember the sacrifices of veterans and vote.
Posted in: World War II
Category: World War II
World War II — The Double V Campaign
Posted by: Neely Tucker
The "double war" of World War II -- segregated units fought fascism abroad and discrimination at home.
Posted in: African American History, World War II
Hiroshima, 75 Years Later: A Survivor’s Account, Now at the Library
Posted by: Neely Tucker
Haruo Shimizu survived the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and gave a harrowing narrative of that day to Bill Floyd, an American soldier stationed in post-war Japan. Floyd's family recently donated his papers, including the manuscript, to the Library.
Posted in: Manuscripts, Today in History, World War II
The Veterans History Project: Remembering V-E Day
Posted by: Neely Tucker
The Library's Veterans History Project marks the 75th anniversary of VE Day -- the end of World War II in Europe -- newest installment of the online exhibit, Experiencing War.
Posted in: Veterans History Project, World War II
Japanese Pilot’s Map of Pearl Harbor Attack Now at Library
Posted by: Neely Tucker
The remarkable story of how the Japanese post-raid assessment of their attack on Pearl Harbor came to be held by the Library of Congress.
Posted in: Geography and Maps Division, History, World War II