Each year, Library of Congress preserves 25 notable films in national registry
Congress agrees with me. This year, "Beverly Hills Cop" is being added to the Library of Congress’s National Film Registry, to be preserved for future generations. The National Film Preservation Act ...
Newberry Library discovers it holds the largest example in existence of an extremely rare paper type
The ancient manuscript rested on the shelves of the Newberry Library for more than a century. Little was known about the ...
America's last Revolutionaries: Rare photos of US patriots
How a dwindling gang of veterans from the American War of Independence were captured in early photographic form.
Jimmy Carter's Funeral Motorcade Pauses in Front of His Boyhood Home as Farm Bell Is Rung 39 Times
Passing through the town, the motorcade then paused for a short moment in front of the farm that served as Carter's boyhood ...
How to catch the Quadrantids, the first meteor shower of 2025
The Quadrantid meteor shower will be the year’s first chance to see fireballs in the sky. A waning crescent moon means good ...
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David M. Rubenstein awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom
President Joe Biden presents David M. Rubenstein with the Medal of Freedom during a Jan. 4 ceremony at the White House.
New Book Presents Influence of Christian Clergy and the Judeo-Christian Faith in the U.S. During the 1700s
From 1993-1994, author Thomas W. Jacobson conducted research at the Library of Congress, including in the Rare Book Room, to learn how America's Founding Fathers thought about rights of conscience, ...