Librarian of Congress librarian Carla Hayden (right) with Lincoln's possessions. Photo courtesy of the Library of Congress Original sketches of the Washington Monument and Vietnam War Memorial.

The original purpose of the Library of Congress was to provide unbiased research to members of Congress. Each year, the ...

We're losing historical materials, too." click to enlarge Charlie Chaplin's City Lights gets a face lift courtesy of The Library of Congress' National Film Registry How does anyone go about deciding ...

After you've admired the Capitol, walk along East Capitol Street to the Library of Congress. Comprising three buildings and housing more than 164 million books, manuscripts, sound recordings ...

On April 2, 1917, Woodrow Wilson asked Congress to declare war on Germany. Courtesy of the Library of Congress. He was uncertain about so many things. But Woodrow Wilson wasn’t at all uncertain ...