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Upcoming US Law Webinars " May 2026 | In Custodia Legis
2+ hour, 10+ min ago (356+ words) Posted by: Taylor Gulatsi We hope you will join us for the continuation of our U. S. law webinars for 2026. The next offering of the Orientation to Legal Research webinar will focus on U. S. case law, followed by an Orientation to Law Library…...
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16+ hour, 16+ min ago (14+ words) American Folklife Center Celebrates 50th Anniversary with Engagements Across the Country'Library of Congress (. gov)...
Finding Pictures: Arthur Rothstein's Photographic Legacy | Picture This
22+ hour, 16+ min ago (214+ words) In this post, get a sneak peek at some images that will be included in an upcoming webinar about renowned photographer Arthur Rothstein, whose iconic work documenting life in the United States during the Great Depression, World War II, and…...
A Birding Family Day on April 11, 2026 | Minerva's Kaleidoscope
22+ hour, 53+ min ago (117+ words) Posted by: Rachel Gordon Join In From Home Some books about birds were written specifically for young audiences: As many of these books are no longer under copyright restrictions you can reproduce and use the lovely illustrations as you wish....
Our Common Ground: 250 Years of Americans Engaging with Nature (Upcoming Event) | Bibliomania
22+ hour, 14+ min ago (666+ words) Posted by: Ashley Rose Young On Thursday, May 14, 2026, the Rare Book and Special Collections Division at the Library of Congress will host Our Common Ground, a public symposium celebrating the ways that American landscapes'from the everglades and Appalachians to the…...
Made at the Library: The Other War on Drugs: Emily Dufton and Addiction Inc. | Unfolding History
1+ day, 16+ hour ago (152+ words) Posted by: Ryan Reft Emily Dufton is the author of Grass Roots: The Rise and Fall and Rise of Marijuana in America. The recipient of a Whiting Creative Nonfiction Grant, her writing has appeared in the Washington Post, Smithsonian magazine,…...
Spectacular Failures: Investigating Stability and Change Through Engineering Disasters | Teaching with the Library
1+ day, 22+ hour ago (195+ words) Posted by: Colleen Smith This post is by Michael Lowry, a 2025-2026 Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellow at the Library of Congress. "Nine men were killed and forty-three others injured. The street'was literally strewn with wreckage." A Washington Times article from…...
Join us on 4/30 for Law Day 2026: Declaration of Independence and the Rule of Law | In Custodia Legis
1+ day, 23+ hour ago (144+ words) Posted by: Tyler Catania On April 30, 2026 at 3 p. m. EDT, the Law Library of Congress'and the'American Bar Association will cohost our annual Law Day celebration with a virtual lecture on the philosophical underpinnings of the Declaration of Independence. We hope you can…...
Congress. gov New, Tip, and Top " April 2026 | In Custodia Legis
2+ day, 18+ hour ago (112+ words) Posted by: Andrew Weber In February, Robert shared a post about adding Senate Committee Membership to Congress. gov. This is a great new feature that we had users requesting. Our March release had more behind the scenes infrastructure improvements. With…...
Hampton Sides: Exploring the world, finding ourselves | Timeless
6+ day, 50+ min ago (192+ words) Posted by: Neely Tucker "This is a guest post by Hampton Sides, the author of, among other works, "Blood and Thunder," "In the Kingdom of Ice" and, most recently, "The Wide Wide Sea." It's also the concluding piece of the…...