Most travelers come to Washington D.C. with grand monuments in mind. Visions of white domes, towering obelisks, and years of history remembered in carved stone. Tucked just behind the Capitol, past ...

Since Laureen and I had just wandered the halls of Congress, it was time to saunter over to the Library of Congress. Well, in truth, it was hot and sweltering outside by this time of day and I wanted ...

Plan for afternoon and evening showers and storms. The National Weather Service issued a Flood Watch from 2 p.m. to 10 p.m. Virginia's primary is here. Seats for Lt. Gov. & attorney general are up for ...

On Nov. 1, 1897, the new Library of Congress building opened to the public. Previously, the library had been housed in the Congressional Reading Room in the U.S. Capitol. In the 20th century, two ...

(WHTM) – The U.S. Congress needed some books. While they met in New York City and Philadelphia in the 1780s and 1790s, they had access to some excellent local libraries for research and reference. But ...

(WDBJ) - On this day in 1897, the new Library of Congress building opened its doors to the public. In 1980, the building was renamed the Thomas Jefferson Building in honor of the nation’s third ...

The weekly outdoor movie series will screen classic films from the Library’s National Film Registry on Thursday evenings at sundown on the southeast lawn of the Library’s Thomas Jefferson Building.

Visitors take pictures in the Main Reading Room of the Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building on Tuesday as part of a program that opens it to the public. The room, which is usually reserved ...

Ten First Street, Southeast : Congress builds a library, 1886-1897 : an exhibition in the Great Hall and on the second floor of the Thomas Jefferson Building, Library of Congress / Helen-Anne Hilker ...