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Honoring history through artwork: Martin Luther King Jr in Library of Congress primary source materials: http://blogs.loc.gov/teachers/2013/01/honoring-our-history-through-artwork-martin-luther-king-jr-in-library-of-congress-primary-sources/ …
Today is the first day of the 113th Congress! We'll link to new Member profiles as soon as they're added to #congressdotgov.
150 years ago, Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation. See the original draft here at the Library Jan 3–Feb 18. http://myloc.gov/Exhibitions/lincoln/presidency/CommanderInChief/EmancipationProclamation/ExhibitObjects/EmancipationProclamation.aspx …
Robert Burns's 1806 poem about a farmer's New Year greeting to his mare, and an address to haggis on New Year's Day. http://bit.ly/VsaJSg
Stunning and vividly-illustrated "Twelve Months by Toyokuni: First Dancing Practice of the New Year", from 1854. http://bit.ly/UghjcJ
Woodrow Wilson was born Dec 28, 1856. Voters were spared today’s media blitz but candidates were touted through song. http://myloc.gov/Exhibitions/presidentialsongs/issuesandslogans/ExhibitObjects/1912CampaignSongs.aspx …
Film star Marlene Dietrich, born Dec 27, 1901, entertained more than half a million frontline troops during WWII. http://myloc.gov/Exhibitions/hopeforamerica/causesandcontroversies/entertainingthetroops/ExhibitObjects/MarleneDietrich.aspx …
Civil War Cartography, Then and Now: During the Civil War, cartographers invented new techniques to map the coun... http://1.usa.gov/10mWhOP
‘Twas the Day After Christmas… http://blogs.loc.gov/law/2010/12/twas-the-day-after-christmas/ …
After-Christmas clearance in the Library Shop! Save up to 80% off through Jan. 11, no promo code needed. http://www.loc.gov/shop/
Yes, Virginia, There is a Santa Claus: I remember the moment I found out that jolly old St. Nick was more an ide... http://1.usa.gov/V60Ru4
Read about the WWI "Christmas Truce" in our Chronicling America collections. http://www.loc.gov/rr/news/topics/christmastruce.html … And peace on earth to men of good will.
K-12 teachers, apply for our Summer Teacher Institutes for in depth PD on using primary sources: due Feb 4 http://1.usa.gov/YlU7hL
A desk made from a ship, 111 books, the Statue of Liberty--all gifts to the US, all in our primary sources http://1.usa.gov/T0I8Va #edchat
Didn't get that apocalypse that you'd been hoping for? Here are some images that might cheer you up. http://blogs.loc.gov/law/2012/12/consolation-for-the-disappointed-2012-believer-pic-of-the-week/ …
Special holiday hours for December & January announced. http://www.loc.gov/today/pr/2012/12-A07.html …
STILL worried about today's scheduled apocalypse? This webcast should calm your fears. http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=5665 … #mayanxiety
The Sensei from Sioux City: Today marks 19 years since the passing of one of the world’s great management thinke... http://1.usa.gov/XQYKew
Trending: The End of the World: (The Maya calendar has generated a lot of buzz about the impending end of the wo... http://1.usa.gov/Ypgxyt
A special anniversary -- and a Christmas tie-in -- for the Brothers Grimm. http://blogs.loc.gov/catbird/2012/12/a-grimm-beginning/ …
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