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Posted by: Neely Tucker
In the winter of 1906, Mark Twain was a tired and grieving man. He was 71. The past dozen years had been brutal. He had gone bankrupt in the mid-1890s. Then his 24-year-old daughter died from spinal meningitis. Then his beloved wife, Olivia, suffered through years of heart trouble before dying at age 58 in …
Posted in: Copyright, Photos, Today in History, Uncategorized, Washington DC, Writers
Posted by: Neely Tucker
George Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue,” a rapturous burst of music that has become a motif of the nation’s creative spirit, turns 100 today. It was first performed in New York on the snowy Tuesday afternoon of Feb. 12, 1924. Commissioned and premiered by the popular conductor Paul Whiteman at a concert designed to showcase high-minded …
Posted in: Events, Library Work and Employees, Music, Performing Arts, Today in History, Video
Posted by: Wendi Maloney
Christopher Oakley, a prominent film animator turned university historian, used his knowledge of computer modeling -- and his research at the LIbrary of Congress -- to help solve a small but important mystery: Where exactly did Lincoln stand while delivering his famed Gettysburg Address?
Posted in: Abraham Lincoln, Civil War, Gazette, Library Work and Employees, Researcher Stories, Today in History, U.S. Presidents
Posted by: Neely Tucker
Rosa Parks, one of the most consequential Americans of the 20th century, was born on Feb. 4, 1913, in Tuskegee, Alabama. Her activism was galvanized decades before the Montgomery bus boycott by the sexualized violence of whites against Blacks in her native Alabama. This activism is featured in this short documentary by the Library of Congress, which holds her papers.
Posted in: African American History, Civil Rights, Exhibitions, Manuscripts, Today in History
Posted by: Neely Tucker
The military order that led to the federal holiday of Juneteenth was not regarded as important national news when it was issued in Galveston, Texas, on June 19, 1865.
Posted in: Abraham Lincoln, African American History, Civil War, Newspapers, Today in History
Posted by: John Sayers
Upon news of his death, Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh and husband of Queen Elizabeth II, is remembered for a 1951 visit to the Library of Congress.
Posted in: History, Today in History, Washington DC
Posted by: Neely Tucker
One hundred years ago today, on Feb. 15, 1921, over 70 women’s organizations gathered in the U.S. Capitol rotunda for the unveiling of the statue “Portrait Monument to Lucretia Mott, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony.”
Posted in: History, Today in History, Women's History
Posted by: Neely Tucker
The Library marks Abraham Lincoln's birthday (Feb. 12) with a short video covering his first inauguration as president, including his handwritten copy of his inaugural address and the pearl necklace and bracelets that Mary Todd Lincoln wore to their inaugural ball.
Posted in: Abraham Lincoln, Civil War, Today in History, Washington DC
Posted by: Neely Tucker
Newly colorized photographs from the 1963 March on Washington show the historic day in a new light.
Posted in: African American History, New Online, Photos, Researcher Stories, Today in History, Washington DC
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