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    Mar 28

    Great news! , , , Junot Diaz, , will all be at the on Sept. 1! Will you? Find out who else will be there and get all the details, .

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  2. 13 hours ago

    Opening Day in DC! Now you can act like a baseball bigwig & check out these scouting reports by Branch Rickey, who helped break the Major League's color line. Jeff Flannery discusses the Rickey papers:

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  3. 14 hours ago

    Baseball's opening day in Washington! Check out this vintage film of the 1924 Washington Senators' World Series victory:

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  4. 15 hours ago

    Opening Day in Washington! And later in the season, our exhibition will celebrate the National Pastime at all levels, from professional to sandlot:

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  5. 21 hours ago

    Today in History: Congress hears testimony on the establishment of a , 1916

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  6. Apr 4

    on display at the Memorial Collection Item: [Martin Luther King, Jr., Memorial, Washington, D.C. The promissory note] / Christopher Grubbs, illustrator. Link:

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  7. Apr 4

    at the Library in Washington, D.C., is marked by changing weather, gardens coming back to life and of course, cherry blossoms.

    is fast approaching. The Library is bringing blossoms to the Capitol Hill with a pop-up exhibit opening THIS FRIDAY, April 6. For more information:
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  8. Apr 4

    Remembering Martin Luther King Jr. today. Here Dr. King discusses tactics and philosophy of nonviolent civil disobedience in a 1957 interview.

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  9. Apr 4

    After a month in office, US President William Henry Harrison dies of pneumonia 1841. Newspapers back then used black mourning borders, thick lines between columns

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  10. Apr 4

    To kick off Month, listen to 50 newly digitized recordings from the Archive of Recorded and .

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  11. Apr 4

    Today in History: Carrie Burnham argues for women's suffrage before Pa. Supreme Court, 1873

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  12. Apr 3

    As we remember Martin Luther King today, please take a moment to view our exhibition "The Civil Rights Act of 1964: A Long Struggle for Freedom"

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  13. Apr 3

    It's ! There are so many poems to see in our historical newspaper archives. For a start, visit our guide to World War I-related poetry

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    Apr 3

    The Library of Congress digitized more than 1700 of Branch Rickey's scouting reports. This is awesome

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  15. Apr 3

    It's ! Listen to this interview with Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith on

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  16. Apr 3

    NEWS: Classic scouting reports by Branch Rickey, including those on Hank Aaron, Roberto Clemente, Don Drysdale, Sandy Koufax & Willie Mays now online:

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  17. Apr 3

    Today in History: nature essayist John Burroughs is born, 1837

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  18. Apr 2

    Hans Christian Anderson, born 1805 in Denmark, best known for writing fairy tales for children

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  19. Apr 2

    Today in History: Grant's Union army attacks the Confederate lines at Petersburg, 1865 #tihhttps://www.loc.gov/item/today-in-history/april-02/?loclr=twloc

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  20. Apr 1

    ICYMI: This week Carla Hayden announced the preliminary lineup of authors for the 2018 Library of Congress National Book Festival on Sept. 1 in Washington. More:

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  21. Apr 1

    The roots of April Fools' Day, courtesy of our American Folklife Center:

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