Happy Veterans Day! The Veterans History Project in the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress collects and preserves the unique firsthand narratives of veterans who served in the US Armed Services from World War I through the present.
Explore them: loc.gov/programs/veterans-hi…

ALT Nine head and shoulders portraits of veterans whose stories are found in the Veterans History Project. Top row, left to right: Allen Melancthon Sumner, Jr., Rutherford Vincent Brice and John H. Horn. Middle row, left to right: Jack Jones, Mary Elizabeth Lefebre and Gene J. Takahashi. Bottom row, left to right: Aldo Stephen Panzieri, Mary L. Aurtrey and JaeLee Waldschmidt.
On this day in 1969, a new educational show for children premiered on PBS. It was called "Sesame Street."
Photos from the Library's Prints & Photographs collections show Jim Henson piloting his muppet creations on early seasons of the show.
Carl Sagan was born on this day in 1934. In 2012 the Library acquired Sagan's papers — approximately 800 boxes of materials that document his life and work — through the generosity of writer, producer and director @SethMacFarlane.
Explore what's been digitized. ⬇️ loc.gov/collections/finding-…
MAGAZINE MONDAY | In celebration of Native American Heritage Month, read about the Library of Congress project aiming to bring more indigenous art to the collections.
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Works Progress Administration posters promoting parks, art and literacy, and war propaganda are perhaps the most well-known of the 2,000+ that were made.
Here are a few lesser-known examples from the Library’s collection of more than 900 posters, which is the largest anywhere in the world.
You can browse the Library's entire WPA poster collection here:
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It’s National Donut Day! During WWI, the Salvation Army’s “Donut Lassies,” women volunteers who baked and delivered donuts to soldiers on the front lines, became so popular that they had their own song!
Donuts became a theme of Salvation Army fundraising efforts, like this 1922 "donut race" in D.C.
Music takes center stage at the Library of Congress this November as part of its Live! At the Library series on Thursday evenings. Colombian jazz harpist Edmar Castañeda opens the month Nov. 5, and sister duo Sistastrings closes it Nov. 19!
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The road to free and fair elections in the United States began with this document, the Declaration of Independence.
This is Thomas Jefferson's handwritten draft of that document, which is on exhibition at the Library of Congress through July 3, 2027. Make your plan to come see it at loc.gov/visit.
MAGAZINE MONDAY | On this day in 1897, the Library of Congress' Jefferson Building had just opened, and already its dazzling decoration and soaring architecture were being discussed as sources of national pride!
It's still just as impressive 129 years later. ⬇️
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Something you may not know about Harry Houdini, who died 100 years ago today: He left his library — one of the world’s largest private collections of books on magic, witchcraft, demonology, spiritualism and psychic phenomena – to the Library of Congress. blogs.loc.gov/loc/2026/10/de…
It's almost Halloween! What better time to take a look at some of the Library’s most chilling rare books? Here, Rare Book and Special Collections Division Chief Stephanie Stillo discusses how Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Raven” is represented in the collections.
It's National Cat Day! We’re sharing everyone’s favorite feline from the Library's Prints and Photographs Division, Brünnhilde, and some of her friends from the collection. 😻
Put this on your to-do list of FREE cultural experiences in Washington, D.C. ⬇️
The Coolidge Auditorium at the Library of Congress—considered one of the world’s finest acoustic environments—turns 101 today! 🥳
🔗 loc.gov/concerts
Benefactor Elizabeth Coolidge funded its construction AND provided a permanent fund for concerts, which are FREE to the public and still ongoing today.
The Coolidge Auditorium at the Library of Congress—considered one of the world’s finest acoustic environments—turns 101 today! 🥳
🔗 loc.gov/concerts
Benefactor Elizabeth Coolidge funded its construction AND provided a permanent fund for concerts, which are FREE to the public and still ongoing today.
Today, in honor of Theodore Roosevelt's birthday, we are sharing that the Manuscript Division at the Library of Congress has acquired its first copy of Roosevelt's famous Milwaukee, Wisconsin speech of Oct. 14, 1912, delivered immediately after he was shot by attempted assassin John Schrank. 🧵
This newly acquired copy of the speech is a version typed by Elbert Martin, Roosevelt's stenographer (pictured), who is also well known for tackling Schrank after he fired the shot. It contains numerous penciled emendations and alterations to the text made by Roosevelt himself. 🧵
The speech that is now held by the Library is NOT the one from Roosevelt's pocket that famously slowed down the bullet, although there are images at the Library that represent that fortuitously-placed copy, including the picture of Martin holding it (above), a political cartoon, and an X-ray!
To celebrate National Roller Skating Month, here's a segment of an All-American News reel featuring the roller skating craze of the 1940s. 🛼
These newsreels were the first produced specifically for a Black audience. See more of them here. ⬇️
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MAGAZINE MONDAY | Technology lets us hear Amelia Earhart’s voice on a tiny recording, played for the first time. Read about it in the current issue of the Library of Congress Magazine. ⬇️
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