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Great Sites: Arts & Humanities
Tour the Library of Congress Online
The Library of Congress at www.loc.gov is the nation's oldest federal cultural institution and serves as the
research arm of Congress. It is also the largest library in the world, with nearly 128 million
items on approximately 530 miles of bookshelves. The collections include:
- more than 29 million books and other printed materials,
- 2.7 million recordings,
- 12 million photographs,
- 4.8 million maps and
- 57 million manuscripts.
The Library's mission is to make its resources available and useful to the Congress and the
American people and to sustain and preserve a universal collection of knowledge and creativity
for future generations.
Visit America's Story from America's Library
for fun and educational activities for you or to share with your grandchildren.
Here, you can discover what Abraham Lincoln had in his pockets on the night he was assassinated.
(You will be surprised.) Or, read about other "Amazing Americans" such as Buffalo Bill
Cody and his "Wild West" show; the heroism of Harriet Tubman, who helped many slaves escape bondage;
the music of jazz great Duke Ellington; or the inventions of Thomas Edison. (You will even be able
to see his first motion picture!)
If you think break-dancing is a new invention, then click Join America at Play
to see a film of an early break-dancer from 1898! Ever hear of a "cloth sandwich"? You'll find it in
the stories in this section. And, of course, we have many tales to tell about baseball, America's
pastime -- from the "Cyclone" (pitcher Cy Young) to Jackie Robinson, a hero both on and off the field.
Jump Back in Time to find the settlers who landed on Plymouth Rock. Or jump to a more recent age and
read about be-bop, a type of music invented long before hip-hop. Do you know what happened on the day
you were born? You can find out here.
You can learn about many other interesting arts and humanities websites through our
Great Sites.
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