On April 24, 1800, President John Adams signed a bill to move the government from Philadelphia to Washington, D.C. In 1790, Congress passed the original bill establishing the city and planning the capital, but they had to actually execute the move a decade later. As part of the second bill, Congress appropriated $5,000 for a Capitol library.
Love it! Libraries are my life's blood as a writer and a reader. My parents taught me to love libraries from an early age. It's been a lifelong romance ever since.
Love bringing guests and groups to the LoC! There are indeed only two women mentioned by names on the walls - Sappho and Dr. Hayden.
An architectural and literary gem! Love those photos that capture the grandeur and wonder of what you so appropriately called a temple to learning.
Love it! Libraries are my life's blood as a writer and a reader. My parents taught me to love libraries from an early age. It's been a lifelong romance ever since.
Thank you for your refreshingly unexpected tour of the LoC.
Thank you Dr. C I haven't seen this before but I had read a different story.
One of my favorite places in Washington. I will visit it again this week.
Thanks so much for the tour. I feel like if I ever went there, they’d have to drag me out, kicking and screaming at closing time.
I guess it’s a good thing so much is available online. I don’t have an arrest record 😉
Dr C. Can you please give a source for comment about burning of Federal Bldgs. revenge for York?