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June 21, 1999 MEDIA ADVISORY:
Library of Congress to Highlight Louisiana "Local
Legacies" WHO: WHAT: WHEN: WHERE: BACKGROUND Citizens from across the state of Louisiana are involved in Local Legacies projects that have been nominated by their U.S. Senator or Representative as being worthy of inclusion in the Library of Congress American Folklife Center, the largest such center in the United States.More than 600 projects nationwide will be submitted to the center, and a special event will be held at the Library in May 2000 to celebrate the contributions of the participants to this unprecedented undertaking. All members of Congress and all Local Legacies participants will be invited. The Library of Congress, the world's largest library, will celebrate its Bicentennial on April 24, 2000 (www.loc.gov/bicentennial), as the oldest federal cultural institution in America. Local Legacies is the centerpiece of this celebration. At press time, Louisianans were working on nine documentary projects, representing this state's rich cultural diversity (list attached). Louisiana's Local Legacies participants will be on hand to describe their projects and show samples of their documentary efforts so far. # # # PR 99-093 |
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