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An Act of Congress: 90th Anniversary Kick-Off

Posted by: Nicholas A. Brown-Cáceres

On this day in 1925 President Calvin Coolidge signed into law a Joint Resolution from the 68th Congress of the United States of America “To accept the gift of Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge for the construction of an auditorium in connection with the Library of Congress, and to provide for the erection thereof…” This unique moment …