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We're celebrating America’s 250th birthday this summer, but did you know it's been more than twice that long since the first document on which the name "America" appears was published? The Library has the only surviving copy of the 1507 Waldseemüller map.
Explore it. ⬇️
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On this day in 1924, Rosalind Walter, the woman who inspired the character of Rosie the Riveter was born. These stunning photos of real "Rosies" from the U.S. Office of War Information are in the Library's Prints and Photographs Division. https://t.co/fRISARMtqv

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NEWS: The Library of Congress recently acquired the manuscripts, papers, photographs and sound recordings of songwriter Doc Pomus, who was responsible for such hits as “This Magic Moment,” “Viva Las Vegas,” and “Save the Last Dance for Me.”
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In addition to this topic being well-documented in the Chronicling America historical newspaper archive, many oral narratives from the Library’s National Folklife Center feature Americans discussing unusual, mysterious objects seen in the night sky! 👇https://t.co/PDYsnM8vmW

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Is it the anniversary of the REAL Disclosure Day? June 24, 1947 is the date pilot Kenneth Arnold first reported seeing nine unidentified shapes 🛸 speeding through the skies near Mount Rainier. It was the first widely reported UFO sighting in the U.S. and spawned the term “flying saucer.” 🧵

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NEWS: The 2026 Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction will be awarded to Ann Patchett at the National Book Festival on Aug. 22! https://t.co/PHhIpck3Hz

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For #Juneteenth: 70+ years after the Civil War, the WPA's Federal Writers' Project began interviewing elderly Americans who remembered being enslaved. These moving narratives & photos are now held here at the Library.

Narratives: https://t.co/bQXMUWFFck

Photos: https://t.co/Ih3HoT9RLj

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On this day in 1885, the Statue of Liberty arrived in the U.S. on a boat, in pieces. The Library’s Historic American Engineering Record collection has some amazing photos of Lady Liberty from odd angles, taken in 1984 and 1985 during a major restoration project ahead of her centennial celebration.

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Happy #Bloomsday, James Joyce fans! To celebrate, we're bringing you the story of how we found out which colors were used to achieve the famed "Ulysses blue." ⬇️
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MAGAZINE MONDAY | Alexander Graham Bell’s crude sketches of his new invention — the telephone — belie the world-changing impact it would unleash. And it debuted at a centennial celebration of America in 1876. https://t.co/LTDLtUYjIV

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There's a lot of Pride history held at the Library, including this footage of some of the first NYC pride events in 1970, from the Lilli M. Vincenz Collection. The full 12 minutes of footage and other Pride resources from the Library are linked below. 🧵

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The Committee of Five—John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Robert Livingston, and Roger Sherman—was appointed to draft the Declaration of Independence 250 years ago today.

Jefferson's draft of the document is here at the Library, and will be featured in a new exhibition opening July 3.

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Make some paper with us at the Library of Congress!

We make paper at the Library to create a body of reference samples for material science research. This research helps support the preservation of our collections.

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As the world prepares for the 2026 FIFA World Cup to begin, check out this poster in the Library's collections from the very first World Cup, hosted by Uruguay in 1930!

Learn about the history of the World Cup with this new Library Research Guide: https://t.co/DKYs6SEGiU

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MAGAZINE MONDAY | By 1864, eight decades after the Revolution’s end, only a dozen or so veterans survived. Two Connecticut brothers tracked some of them down, and captured their portraits as cartes de visite.
Read more: https://t.co/ceZFCgRFEj

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This weekend, June 6, marks the anniversary of D-Day. Images from the U.S. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information photo collection at the Library of Congress show scenes from New York City as Americans learned the news in various ways, including from a news ticker in Times Square.

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Tennessee, the 36th and final state needed for ratification, voted yes in August 1920. This image shows Alice Paul, the NWP's leader, unfurling the "ratification flag" from the suffrage headquarters on that day.

The Library of Congress is home to the NWP records and library collection.

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Congress approved the 19th Amendment and sent it to the states to ratify on this day in 1919. Whenever a new state voted in favor, the National Woman’s Party (NWP) sewed a star on this giant flag. 🧵