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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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.
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.
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://lcm.loc.gov/issue/may-june-2026/last-men-of-the-revolution/?loclr=blsky
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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.
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://guides.loc.gov/world-cup?loclr=blsky
Photos capture the last living faces of the War of Independence.
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Thomas Mallon on the Early Days of the HIV/AIDS Crisis
Novelist Thomas Mallon will talk about his just-published book, "The Very Heart of It: New York Diaries, 1983-1994" with Library Literary ...
While military service oftentimes demands sacrifices from those in uniform, historically, LGBTQ+ veterans have faced a unique set of challenges. For many of these veterans, following a call to serve m...
