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Official account of the world’s largest library. Explore collections & plan a visit. All Library accounts: loc.gov/connect
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    Jul 18
    ⚽ Think you know World Cup history? The first Asian team to reach the knockout stage may surprise you: North Korea. Learn more on our "4 Corners of the World" blog: blogs.loc.gov/international-…
    The 1966 North Korean national soccer team. Chŏllima September 1966 issue. Library of Congress Asian Division.
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    Jul 17
    Getting out of town during these dog days of summer? Don’t forget to take a book along.
    Poster shows father and son reading while camping by a lake. Lithographed poster is from the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. Artist: Magnus Norstad, 1910s.
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    Jul 16
    ICYMI: The lineup for 2026 National Book Festival (Aug. 22) was announced last week. Just a little more than a month to go! For the first time this year, free tickets will be required for festival entry, but not for individual programs at the festival. Tickets can be reserved at
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    2026 National Book Festival | Events at the Library of Congress | Library of Congress
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    Jul 15
    It's road trip season. What are your favorite roadside oddities? Check for them in the Library's John Margolies Roadside America archive. It contains 11,000+ photos of vernacular architecture from across the U.S. ⬇️ storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/e31fca…
    A series of three photos from the John Margolies Roadside America Photograph Archive. On the left, a water tower shaped like a peach. In the center, a large statue of a man carrying bags of groceries in each arm. On the right, a T-Rex at a mini golf course. 

Peach water tower, Gaffney, S.C. 1988.

Dinosaur, Wacky Golf, Myrtle Beach, S.C. 1979.

Big John statue, East Fifth Street, Metropolis, Illinois. 1993.
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    Jul 14
    The Library's Jefferson Building, built in the late 1800s, was the first public building in Washington constructed with electrical wiring. Some of the design elements proudly showcase bare light bulbs, a celebration of what was then a new and powerful American invention.
    Bronze statues of women holding torches of electric light sit on the newel posts of the ornately designed staircases in the Great Hall of the Library of Congress Jefferson Building. Photo by Shawn Miller.
    Bronze statues of women holding torches of electric light sit on the newel posts of the ornately designed staircases in the Great Hall of the Library of Congress Jefferson Building. Photo by Shawn Miller.
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    Jul 13
    Observing the more intimate aspects of a historical figure's life is part of the joy of researching their papers at the Library. Example: Clara Barton, founder of the American Red Cross, was a cat lady. 😻 blogs.loc.gov/manuscripts/20…
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    Jul 9
    NOTICE: Due to forecasted storms, tonight's showing of "Clueless" will be postponed. Summer Movies on the Lawn will resume next week, weather-permitting. 🍿 July 16 - Rocky 🍿 July 23 - Back to the Future 🍿 July 30 - A League of Their Own 🍿 Aug. 6 - Apollo 13 🍿 Aug. 13 (rain
    Visitors flock to the north lawn for a viewing of "Shrek" during the kickoff of the Library's Summer Movies on the Lawn series. Photo by Shawn Miller/Library of Congress.
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    Jul 8
    Last month, Major James Capers received the Medal of Honor for his heroism in the Vietnam War. Capers is known in the military community as the father of modern Marine reconnaissance. He led Team Broadminded, which conducted high-risk missions, and was the face of the “Ask a
    Major James “Jim” Capers in the Great Hall at the Library of Congress.
    1970 "Ask a Marine" poster shows Major James Capers Jr. in uniform.
    Thirteen men lined up on the beach (eight standing in the back row, five kneeling in the front) comprise "Team Broadminded."
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    Jul 8
    This spring, as legislation moved through Congress to waive the statute of limitations for his award, the Veterans History Project had the distinct honor of recording Major Capers’ oral history for the Library’s collection. We invite you to listen:
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    James Capers, Jr. Collection
    Major, Marine Corps, Vietnam War, 1961-1975 - Vietnam; Middle East; Syria; Lebanon; Cuba; Puerto Rico; Congo; Eastern Europe; United States.
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    Jul 7
    FYI: For the first time this year, free tickets will be required for festival entry, but not for individual programs within the festival. Tickets can be reserved at loc.gov/bookfest!
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    Jul 7
    NEWS: The 2026 National Book Festival lineup and poster are here! We hope to see you Saturday, Aug. 22, at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C.! ⬇️ newsroom.loc.gov/news/2026-libr…
    The 2026 National Book Festival poster features illustrations of people holding and reading books, along with the Washington Monument, the Capitol dome and the Library of Congress dome.
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    Jul 7
    NEWS: The 2026 National Book Festival lineup and poster are here! We hope to see you Saturday, Aug. 22, at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C.! ⬇️ newsroom.loc.gov/news/2026-libr…
    The 2026 National Book Festival poster features illustrations of people holding and reading books, along with the Washington Monument, the Capitol dome and the Library of Congress dome.
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    Jul 6
    MAGAZINE MONDAY | A remarkable survivor: This 3D, rubber-and-foam map helped train troops for the Normandy landings. It was donated to the Library in 2003. Learn more in the Library of Congress Magazine. ⬇️
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    D-Day in Miniature
    3D model trained troops for the assault on Utah Beach.
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    Jul 5
    Happy Independence Day from the Library of Congress. ❤️🤍💙🇺🇸
    The Library of Congress Jefferson Building is patriotically lit in red, white and blue. Photo by Shawn Miller/Library of Congress.
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    Jul 4
    Fascinating Declaration of Independence 🇺🇸 facts: The printed copy on the right actually pre-dates the more well-known, handwritten copy on the left, which wasn't produced or signed by John Hancock and other members of the Continental Congress until weeks AFTER July 4, 1776. 🧵
    The "engrossed" hand-written copy of the Declaration of Independence, which resides at the National Archives
    A "Dunlap broadside" version of the Declaration of Independence, which is typeset, not handwritten
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    Jul 4
    .@USNatArchives has the handwritten & signed copy of the Declaration. The Library has two of the older, typeset copies made at a Philadelphia print shop on July 4th & 5th, 1776. Just 26 of ~200 copies made in this first printing are known to still exist.
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    Jul 4
    The Library is also home to another amazing document from this period in American history: Thomas Jefferson's own draft of the Declaration of Independence, which he worked on with John Adams and Benjamin Franklin. loc.gov/item/mtjbib000…
    Thomas Jefferson's rough draft of the Declaration of Independence, handwritten with things crossed out and re-written
    Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, and John Adams meet at Jefferson's lodgings, on the corner of Seventh and High (Market) streets in Philadelphia, to review a draft of the Declaration of Independence. Ferris, Jean Leon Gerome, 1863-1930, artist.
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    Jul 3
    A new exhibition opens today (July 3) at the Library of Congress. “The Declaration’s Promise: A Revolutionary Idea" explores the principles of the Declaration of Independence and their impact on American history over the last 250 years. 🇺🇸
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    Jul 3
    Explore the exhibition online:
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    Explore | The Declaration’s Promise: A Revolutionary Idea | Exhibitions at the Library of Congress...
    "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of...
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