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• African American History Month
  Celebrate the quest for black citizenship in the Americas
• Wise Guide to loc.gov
  The Lincoln Bible, black citizenship, state resources and more
• Webcasts from the Library
  An evening with renowned Nigerian author Chinua Achebe
• Places in the News
  Headline locations from the Library's map collections
• Today in History | February 4
  Travel back in time through American Memory

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• Thomas Jefferson
• The Great Depression
• The Declaration of Independence
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|| News from the Library  ||

Announcement: Special hours, exhibition opening, Main Reading Room open house.  More...

• NEW! Abraham Lincoln Exhibit to Open
  "With Malice Toward None," special evening public opening Feb. 12, 5-9 p.m.
• Main Reading Room Open House, Feb. 16
  Visit the most spectacular room in Washington on Washington's Birthday
• Lincoln's Papers Featured in New Book
  "In Lincoln's Hand" companion to upcoming exhibition
• Symposium Celebrates Robert Burns
  Event Feb. 24-25 celebrates 250th anniversary of the poet's birth

• More news and upcoming events

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• Digital Preservation
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|| Did You Know? ||

Did you know that Walt Whitman wrote "O Captain! My Captain!" in response to the assassination of Abraham Lincoln in 1865?

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