Zach Klitzman

Public historian/editor working at @LibraryCongress (views are mine). Passionate about 19th cent. America, Lincoln, & DC History. Also @Jeopardy Champion

[Zach Klitzman @ZachHistory]

Today I officially become a published author with the publication of American Feast: Cookbooks and Cocktails from the Library of Congress!
Get it from the @librarycongress shop at the below link, from our friends at @UNC_Press, or wherever books are sold!
https://t.co/g0jUBIQgK6

[Zach Klitzman @ZachHistory]

Love the image of a mom holding her toddler. As a dad of one, very realistic that'd she insist on being carried... only missing the unused stroller to the side.

[Allison Papson @AllisonPapson]

NEW Lincoln Memorial Undercroft to Open June 25: The National Park Service announced today that timed-entry tickets for the new Lincoln Memorial undercroft experience will become available online beginning at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, May 26, in advance of the facility’s public opening on June 25. https://t.co/V3eJlYI0eA

[Zach Klitzman @ZachHistory]

@zakfilm Don't forget Amadeus

[Zach Klitzman @ZachHistory]

In high school I learned the causes as "MAIN":

Militarism
Alliances
Imperialism
Nationalism

Obviously a lot of subtlety within those categories.

[Jill Filipovic @JillFilipovic]

My hottest history take is that no one, including historians, can really explain what caused WWI.

[Zach Klitzman @ZachHistory]

https://t.co/Q0nMDEo93g

[Library of Congress @librarycongress]

We turn 225 today! 🎂 🥳 Here's a brief summary of the Library's history, courtesy of Dr. Carla Hayden, the 14th Librarian of Congress. https://t.co/XoTapZMf6c

[Zach Klitzman @ZachHistory]

Happy 225th birthday @librarycongress! So proud I work at the world's largest library.
https://t.co/CKBIjAtzQh

[Zach Klitzman @ZachHistory]

More info here:

The Great Gatsby Turns 100! | Bookmarked https://t.co/W4CMUSYOeO

[Zach Klitzman @ZachHistory]

In about 45 minutes, I'm reading a 10-minute segment of The Great Gatsby as a part of the @librarycongress celebration of its 100th anniversary. Watch the livestream here:

https://t.co/dSoronf8HU

[Zach Klitzman @ZachHistory]

Great snippet of a Library of Congress Crime Classic being recorded!

[Library of Congress @librarycongress]

On this day in 1931, Congress passed a law that allowed for the creation of the National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled, which is part of the Library of Congress. Here’s a look at one of the ways NLS still provides free books for patrons: Audiobook recording!

[Zach Klitzman @ZachHistory]

TIL the US National Guard dates its origins to 1636

[Zach Klitzman @ZachHistory]

I have a new blog post out on the latest @librarycongress Crime Classic, "V as in Victim." Written by Lawrence Treat, this book is the first police procedural. Fascinating seeing what passed for forensic science in 1944 compared to modern versions via CSI

https://t.co/20kjZn8V3l

[Library of Congress @librarycongress]

U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón got to do something very special on Monday. She watched as a spacecraft carrying her poem, "In Praise of Mystery: A Poem for Europa," lifted off from @NASAKennedy, the first step in a 1.8-billion mile voyage to Jupiter’s moon. 🧵

[Zach Klitzman @ZachHistory]

I love this story!

[Carla Hayden @LibnOfCongress]

Walt Whitman and Henry David Thoreau met for an afternoon in Brooklyn in 1856. 
Each presented the other with a copy of one of their works.
🧵👇🏽

[Zach Klitzman @ZachHistory]

Speaking of which, great publish from @sporcle today.
https://t.co/92xFX2YXvm

[Zach Klitzman @ZachHistory]

Happy birthday President Carter! What a legendary post-presidency life.

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Jimmy Carter turns 100, and his hometown is ringing in the milestone

https://t.co/gOrmHifmPx

[Zach Klitzman @ZachHistory]

Trump ended the debate by saying Kamala Harris is the worst vice president in history.

Just some historical context:

Aaron Burr literally killed someone and then later after his term was charged with treason for trying to create a breakaway republic.

[Zach Klitzman @ZachHistory]

TIL that there is a "Captain Marvel" character that is actually owned by DC Comics, not Marvel Comics. It's what the "Shazam" character was originally called.

[Zach Klitzman @ZachHistory]

Enjoying paternity leave with some baseball on a beautiful afternoon!

[Zach Klitzman @ZachHistory]

Great pitch Dr. Hayden!

[Carla Hayden @LibnOfCongress]

As a Baltimorean, it was an honor to throw the ceremonial first pitch at the @orioles @nationals game in celebration of Nat’l Book Festival Day. It was a pinch me moment to receive tips from Hall of Famers Jim Palmer and Cal Ripken Jr and the support of Os owner David Rubenstein.

[OnlMaps @onlmaps]

Flag map of Austro-Hungarian Empire Ethnicities

[Zach Klitzman @ZachHistory]

@TheOtherRBG Wow major get congrats