Uncle Sam’s Thanksgiving Dinner. Thomas Nast, 1869
Given the many discussions that have taken place during this past year about diversity, equality, and the need to understand one another and work toward a more unified world, I think this image from Thomas Nast illustrates what could be.
May you and yours have a wonderful Thanksgiving.
The following post was written by Rob Casper and Anne Holmes and originally appeared in From the Catbird Seat: Poetry & Literature at the Library of Congress. It’s a celebratory time for Joy Harjo: the Librarian of Congress has just appointed our poet laureate to serve a third term in the position. Joy is only […]
This post was written by Peter DeCraene, the 2020-21 Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellow at the Library of Congress. This is one of several posts about using mathematics to develop and analyze data representations found in primary sources. Statistical atlases contain a wealth of data and data representations that can be used to connect mathematics […]
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