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• Library Experience at myloc.gov
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• Wise Guide to loc.gov
  Hurricane lessons, Hispanic heroes, storytelling rugs and yummy candy
• Webcasts from the Library
  Herman Wouk receives Library fiction prize
• Places in the News
  Headline locations from the Library's map collections
• Today in History | November 5
  Travel back in time through American Memory

|| Popular Topics & Collections  ||

• National Book Festival
• The Civil War
• Thomas Jefferson
• The Great Depression
• The Declaration of Independence
• The Constitution

|| News from the Library  ||

• Lincoln Bicentennial Exhibit Opens Feb. 12
  "With Malice Toward None" celebrates 200th birthday of America's 16th president
• Native American Heritage Month
  "Celebrating Tribal Nations: America's Great Partners"
• Music and the Brain
  Special program series from October through March
• Voices, Votes, Victory
  New exhibition on presidential campaign songs throughout history

• More news and upcoming events

|| The Library at Work  ||

• Lifelong Literacy
  Encouraging children to become engaged in reading
• Help Your National Library
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• Flickr Photo Pilot
  Sharing photographs with a broad new audience in a Web 2.0 community
• Audio-Visual Conservation
  Preserving, and providing access to the world’s audiovisual heritage
• Digital Preservation
  Collecting and preserving digital knowledge for future generations

|| Did You Know? ||

Did you know that in the 19th century, dressing up as fruits and vegetables was all the rage for Halloween?

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