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ALT Surrender of Cornwallis: at York-Town Va. Oct. 1781. Print shows Major General O'Hara, surrounded by French and American soldiers handing his sword in surrender to General Lincoln. Currier & Ives lithograph. Published by N. Currier, c1846. From the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
ALT Library staff preview the "Two Georges: Parallel Lives in an Age of Revolution" exhibition, March 24. 2025. Photo by Shawn Miller/Library of Congress.
ALT Library staff preview the "Two Georges: Parallel Lives in an Age of Revolution" exhibition, March 24. 2025. Photo by Shawn Miller/Library of Congress.
ALT Library staff preview the "Two Georges: Parallel Lives in an Age of Revolution" exhibition, March 24. 2025. Photo by Shawn Miller/Library of Congress.
ALT Library staff preview the "Two Georges: Parallel Lives in an Age of Revolution" exhibition, March 24. 2025. Photo by Shawn Miller/Library of Congress.
ALT Collage of photographs of groups and single individuals, including a portrait of an African American soldier in the Union Army, Black business owners in front of their shop, images of African American school children.
ALT Save the Date Douglass Day Feb 14, 2025 Featuring the African American Perspectives Collection a the Library of Congress DouglassDay.org
ALT Screenshot of a portion of a blog interview with Red Cross volunteer transcriber Justin about working on the Clara Barton Papers -- A: What have been some of the most compelling or interesting documents you’ve come across? Why? J: It’s definitely the “warts-and-all” features from the life of Clara Barton. She remains an American icon, with schools named for her and weekly appearances as responses on “Jeopardy!” And of course, at the Red Cross, she’s held in such reverence that we regularly quote and praise her humanitarian legacy in the present day. But in these pages, she’s all that and a person with fears, fury, uncertainty and hopes like every one of us.
ALT Screenshot of a portion of a blog interview with Red Cross volunteer transcriber Justin about working on the Clara Barton Papers -- A: What have been some of the most compelling or interesting documents you’ve come across? Why? J: It’s definitely the “warts-and-all” features from the life of Clara Barton. She remains an American icon, with schools named for her and weekly appearances as responses on “Jeopardy!” And of course, at the Red Cross, she’s held in such reverence that we regularly quote and praise her humanitarian legacy in the present day. But in these pages, she’s all that and a person with fears, fury, uncertainty and hopes like every one of us.
ALT Selection from a letter fromAntoinette Margot to Clara Barton, May 16, 1871 - including a small drawing of a sleeping cat's face.
ALT Theodore Roosevelt sits at a desk reading papers. He wears a mustache, glasses, and serious expression.
ALT Douglass Day & the Library of Congress Douglass Day and By the People go back to 2021! Read more about our partnership!