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 ...

(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 ...

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 ...

The first Library of Congress was burned (along with the rest of the Capitol building) by British soldiers in 1814, and its 3,000 books were destroyed. The library was rebuilt ...

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 ...