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President Donald Trump’s administration insists that the nearly 225-year-old entity across the street from the Capitol is ...
Thomas Jefferson wanted to donate his personal collection of books to the Library of Congress. But critics thought those ...
Here's a look at what's inside it. The library is at ... and the James Madison Memorial Building, built in 1981. Library of Congress hours are: Due to capacity levels, guests at the library's ...
Patrons walk through the Main Reading Room of the Library of Congress Jefferson Building in 2019 in D.C. (Will Newton/For The Washington Post) Regarding the May 10 Style article “White House ...
The Th omas Jefferson Building of the Library of Congress (LOC) has long been among my favorite buildings in Washington, D.C.
“Inside the Library of Congress, they’re all congressional staff, and congressional staff are protected under the speech or debate clause in the Constitution,” adds the expert, whom Rolling ...
The Library of Congress was founded in 1800 and adds about 10 thousand items to its collection each day. Scott MacFarlane takes us inside. Monday marks 60 years since Martin Luther King Jr. and ...
The Library of Congress, with its grand Beaux-Arts ... as British soldiers used books and maps from the original library inside the unfinished building to stoke the flames when they torched ...
The end of Spofford’s tenure saw the opening of the main location on November 1, 1897, the Library of Congress Building—rechristened the Thomas Jefferson Building in 1980—with its ornate ...
The Library of Congress is the world’s largest library ... The Thomas Jefferson Building—the main one—was finished in 1897 and splendidly restored upon its centennial.