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2023_MD_Burtt_230616118AFI and Library of Congress Festival of Film -- Histories of Motion Picture Sound Effects (w/Ben Burtt)
Histories of Motion Picture Sound Effects with Oscar®-Winning Sound Designer Ben Burtt
Where do motion picture sound effects come from? Many sound effects such as thunder, the ricochet of a rifle bullet or a scream have become iconic. In the classic age, film studios had libraries of sound effects, so...
2011_DC_DT101_11021773Capitol -- Domestic Terrorism 101
Domestic Terrorism 101

WMAL, The Heritage Foundation, Foundation for Defense of Democracies, and Westminster Institute invite you to a panel discussion to explore the various aspects of the growing threat of domestic terrorism: counter-terrorism, home-grown plots, staying ahead of the threat, Sharia...
2013_DC_Cannon_HOB30DC -- Capitol Hill -- Cannon House Office Bldg
2014_DC_Cannon_HOB14DC -- Capitol Hill -- Cannon House Office Bldg
2016_DC_Cannon_HOB18DC -- Capitol Hill -- Cannon House Office Bldg
2019_DC_Cannon_HOB4DC -- Capitol Hill -- Cannon House Office Bldg
2020_DC_Cannon_HOB1DC -- Capitol Hill -- Cannon House Office Bldg
2021_DC_Cannon_HOB1DC -- Capitol Hill -- Cannon House Office Bldg
2022_DC_Cannon_HOB3DC -- Capitol Hill -- Cannon House Office Bldg
2024_02_13A1_Cannon_HOB3DC -- Capitol Hill -- Cannon House Office Bldg
A chunk of the exterior is under renovation.
2021_DC_Capitol_Power4DC -- Capitol Hill -- Capitol Power Plant (25 E St SE)
2022_DC_Capitol_Power6DC -- Capitol Hill -- Capitol Power Plant (25 E St SE)
2011_DC_Hart_SOB2DC -- Capitol Hill -- Hart Senate Office Building
2015_DC_Hart_SOB68DC -- Capitol Hill -- Hart Senate Office Building
2016_DC_Hart_SOB9DC -- Capitol Hill -- Hart Senate Office Building
I wanted to see if Calder's "Mountains and Clouds" sculpture had been reinstalled. Nope!
2017_DC_Hart_SOB17DC -- Capitol Hill -- Hart Senate Office Building
The "Mountains" part of the Calder sculpture is back.
2020_DC_Hart_SOB1DC -- Capitol Hill -- Hart Senate Office Building
2015_DC_Lincoln_VisitsH_15120310DC -- Capitol Hill -- Hart Senate Office Building -- Event: Lincoln Visits for Illinois Statehood Day
2013_DC_Rayburn_HOB13DC -- Capitol Hill -- Rayburn House Office Bldg
2017_DC_Rayburn_HOB2DC -- Capitol Hill -- Rayburn House Office Bldg
2018_DC_Rayburn_HOB17DC -- Capitol Hill -- Rayburn House Office Bldg
2019_DC_Rayburn_HOB2DC -- Capitol Hill -- Rayburn House Office Bldg
2020_DC_Rayburn_HOB5DC -- Capitol Hill -- Rayburn House Office Bldg
2011_DC_Russell_SOB2DC -- Capitol Hill -- Russell Senate Office Bldg
2017_DC_Russell_SOB17DC -- Capitol Hill -- Russell Senate Office Bldg
2018_DC_Russell_SOB10DC -- Capitol Hill -- Russell Senate Office Bldg
2019_DC_Russell_SOB4DC -- Capitol Hill -- Russell Senate Office Bldg
The building is now covered with scaffolding.
2020_DC_Russell_SOB6DC -- Capitol Hill -- Russell Senate Office Bldg
2021_DC_Russell_SOB18DC -- Capitol Hill -- Russell Senate Office Bldg
2022_DC_Russell_SOBVw4DC -- Capitol Hill -- Russell Senate Office Bldg -- View of Capitol
2020_DC_SOJ_Park15DC -- Capitol Hill -- Spirit of Justice Park
2009_DC_Dangerous_091029156DC -- DC Labor Filmfest @ US Capitol -- Daniel Ellsberg ("The Most Dangerous Man in America")
The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers
Presented by the DC Environmental Film Festival and The Impact Arts + Film Fund, The Project On Government Oversight
1971: America is embroiled in a dirty war based on lies. A president is abusing the power of his office,...
2017_DC_Combat_Int_17040597DC -- Dirksen Senate Office Bldg -- Combat Integration Update Briefing
In 2013, the Secretary of Defense and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff announced the repeal of the rule that prohibited women from being assigned to combat jobs and combat units. The Services were directed to develop and complete integration implementation plans by the end of 2015. The Services are...
2019_DC_Iran1988_19091224DC -- Exhibit: Iran 1988 Massacre @ U.S. Capitol
Iran: 1988 Massacre
Ongoing Human Rights Violations
US Capitol Ground [sic]
September 12, 2019
#1988IranMassacre
#NoImpunity4Mullahs
#FreeIran
2016_DC_Democracy_Spring_16041119DC -- Exhibit: #DemocracySpring @ U.S. Capitol
News reports varied their estimates of the crowd -- "hundreds", "300+", "400+" and even "thousands". From the democracyspring.org website:
Now is the time to take mass nonviolent action on a historic scale to save our democracy. Following a ten-day, 140-mile march from the Liberty Bell in Philadelphia...
2020_DC_LOC_15th16DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Agile): 15th Amendment
2020_DC_LOC_Botanic32DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Agile): 200th Anniversary of the U.S. Botanic Garden
2022_DC_LOC_125th18DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Agile): A National Treasure: 125th Anniversary of the Thomas Jefferson Building
A National Treasure: 125th Anniversary of the Thomas Jefferson Building
This small, curated display tells the story of the Library's Thomas Jefferson Building, including the early planning and design of the building, initiated and guided by Librarian of Congress Ainsworth Spofford’s vision of the...
2015_DC_LOC_Apostles29DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Agile): Apostle's Edition of Saint John's Bible
The Apostle's Edition of the Saint John's Bible:
For the new millennium, Saint John's University and Abbey in Minnesota commissioned an illuminated, handwritten Bible, the first of its kind since Gutenberg printed the Bible in 1454.
This contemporary Bible is at once old and new: a masterpiece of the...
2017_DC_LOC_JMW37DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Agile): Art of Etching: Masterpieces by James McNeill Whistler
2018_DC_LOC_16thSt20DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Agile): Birmingham's 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing
2016_DC_LOC_Diff_Shapes18DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Agile): Books in Different Shapes
Books with Different Shapes
Many special format books are used as a learning tool in diverse countries and languages, such as the Japanese cloth book on display, Good Morning. "Pop-up" books are usually three-dimensional or movable books, first created in the 13th century by Benedictine monks....
2023_DC_LOC_Shaped5DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Agile): Books That Shaped America pop-up
2020_DC_LOC_Boston_Massacre14DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Agile): Boston Massacre 250th
2005_DC_LOC_BFG3DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Agile): Bound for Glory: America in Color
Bound for Glory: America in Color
September 8–January 21, 2006
Bound for Glory: America in Color is the first major exhibition of the little known color images taken by photographers of the Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information (FSA/OWI). Comprised of seventy digital prints made from...
2022_DC_LOC_Brazil30DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Agile): Brazilian Bicentennial
Brazilian Bicentennial
Explore the story of Brazilian Independence through the lens of the history of printing and publishing. During its time as a colony, printing was completely forbidden in Brazil, with any and all texts on Brazil coming from outside of the colony. While laws and decrees emanated...
2017_DC_LOC_BFG_WWI20DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Agile): British, French, German Artists View the First World War
2018_DC_LOC_Rudolph18DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Agile): Century of Architect Paul M. Rudolph
2018_DC_LOC_Comics16DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Agile): Comics Yesterday / Comics Today
2023_DC_LOC_Construction13DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Agile): Construction of the National Library
2024_02_08E2_LOC_Construction15DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Agile): Construction of the National Library
2017_DC_LOC_Cooking25DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Agile): Cooking...
2023_DC_LOC_Creating10DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Agile): Creating the United States
2023_DC_LOC_Home_Rule21DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Agile): DC Home Rule at Fifty
2019_DC_LOC_DofI13DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Agile): Declaration of Independence News
2022_DC_LOC_Ike32DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Agile): Dwight D. Eisenhower and the Essence of Leadership
Dwight D. Eisenhower and the Essence of Leadership
Dwight David Eisenhower was a heralded military commander who strove for peace as a two-term U.S. president. His strong leadership ethos guided him throughout his career and was the critical factor in helping him surmount challenges when his career...
2015_DC_LOC_Engaging22DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Agile): Engaging Nature
Engaging Nature:
Expeditions headed by topographical engineer and future politician John C. Fremont (1813-1890) in the 1840s helped open the American Far West to pioneer new residents. Laborers of many nationalities went seeking work. Investors sought wealth through railroads and natural resources,...
2015_DC_LOC_Veterans19DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Agile): Faces of the Veterans History Project
2017_DC_LOC_Feminist27DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Agile): Feminist Music
2017_DC_LOC_CivilLib39DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Agile): Fight for Civil Liberties During World War I
2018_DC_LOC_Douglass31DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Agile): Frederick Douglass Bicentennial
February 2018 marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of Frederick Douglass, touted by Abraham Lincoln as "the most meritous man in the United States." After escaping from slavery, Douglass risked his freedom by becoming an outspoken antislavery lecturer and writer. In 1847 he founded the North Star,...
2024_02_08E1_LOC_Rhapsody15DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Agile): George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue
2022_DC_LOC_GershwinP24DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Agile): Gershwin Prize
2018_DC_LOC_Wonderful17DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Agile): It's a Wonderful Life
2017_DC_LOC_JFK33DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Agile): JFK Manuscripts
2015_DC_LOC_JrFellows16DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Agile): Junior Fellows Program
A variety of exhibit cases from the Junior Fellows Program
2018_DC_LOC_L2L21DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Agile): Letter to Lyrics (Hamilton)
2019_DC_LOC_Little_Women24DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Agile): Little Women
2017_DC_LOC_Luther17DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Agile): Martin Luther
2018_DC_LOC_Frankenstein21DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Agile): Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
2019_DC_LOC_NAACP13DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Agile): NAACP The Fight for Freedom
2022_DC_LOC_Olmsted59DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Agile): Olmsted Bicentennial
Olmsted Bicentennial: A Library of Congress Exhibition
Hosted by The Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
March 15 – June 4, 2022
Thomas Jefferson Building of the Library of Congress, Great Hall, East and West galleries
The Olmsted Bicentennial exhibit at the Library of Congress highlights...
2016_DC_LOC_Parks29DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Agile): Parks
Three cases of park history.
2016_DC_LOC_Poet_Laureate19DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Agile): Poetry on High: 80 Years of Poets Laureate
Poetry on High: 80 Years of Poets Laureate
The US Poet Laureate serves as the nation's official lightning rod for the poetic impulse of Americans. During his or her term, the Poet Laureate seeks to raise the national consciousness to a greater appreciation of the reading and writing of poetry.
The...
2016_DC_LOC_Elections20DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Agile): Presidential Elections Through the Years
2015_DC_LOC_Parks30DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Agile): Rosa Parks
2014_DC_LOC_Shakespeare17DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Agile): Shakespeare's 450th
Happy 450th Birthday William Shakespeare (1564-2014)!
To celebrate, select items from the Library of Congress's diverse collections show just a few of the ways artists have illustrated Shakespeare's plays and characters over hundreds of years. A reduced facsimile edition of the First Folio shows Martin...
2015_DC_LOC_SPX31DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Agile): Small Press Expo Collection
2018_DC_LOC_Geppi52DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Agile): Stephen A. Geppi Collection of Comics and Graphic Arts
Stephen A. Geppi Collection of Comics and Graphic Arts
The Library of Congress has a new display of select items from the Stephen A. Geppi Collection of Comics and Graphic Arts from Nov. 6, 2018, through Feb. 11, 2019
The Library of Congress announced in May that collector and entrepreneur Stephen A....
2019_DC_LOC_Stonewall26DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Agile): Stonewell @ 50
2023_DC_LOC_Waldseemuller12DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Agile): Waldseemuller's 1507 World Map
2019_DC_LOC_Whitman58DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Agile): Walt Whitman @ 200
To mark the 200th anniversary of Whitman’s birth, the Library will display poetry, images and ephemera from Whitman’s life in the Thomas Jefferson Building. Five cases will display Whitman’s handwritten drafts, published poems, original letters, portraits and other rarely seen materials.
2022_DC_LOC_Grant16DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Agile): War and Peace: Ulysses S. Grant at 200
2017_DC_LOC_Eisner22DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Agile): William Eisner
2023_DC_LOC_Winter_Warmth17DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Agile): Winter Warmth and Entertainment
2014_DC_LOC_YRC21DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Agile): Young Readers Center (YRC)
2022_DC_LOC_Filipinas18DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Coolidge): Filipinas in the 20th Century Press
2024_03_21D1_LOC_GershwinP42DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Coolidge): Gershwin Prize honorees display
Live! at the Library: A Conversation with 2024 Gershwin Honoree Bernie Taupin
Part of Live at the Library
Enjoy a pop-up display of collections related to the Gershwin Prize honorees from 5-7 p.m. in the Whittall Pavilion. (Partially reviewed)
2024_04_09A1_LOC_GhostsP56DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Coolidge): Ghost Characters Time Periods
Tied in with this event ... Library Hosts Cast Members of CBS Comedy Ghosts
From 5 to 6 p.m., the Library will host a display of items curated for each of the ghost characters’ time periods in the Whittall Pavilion. (Partially reviewed)
2019_DC_NPHarris_Houdini57DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Coolidge): Harry Houdini Collection
NBF Presents: Neil Patrick Harris | The Magic Misfits: The Minor Third
Join us for the kick-off event of the Library of Congress National Book Festival Presents series for an exciting evening of magic and moderated conversation with award-winning actor and author Neil Patrick Harris as he celebrates...
2017_DC_LOC_AwesomeC7DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Coolidge): Library of Awesome
Library to Celebrate the World of Comics
The Library of Congress is gearing up for a super summer treat celebrating the role of comics and graphic novels in promoting literacy, as collectibles, in the arts, advertising, sociology, popular culture and history. Making a variety of collection items more...
2017_DC_LOC_ScoresC17DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Coolidge): Movie Scores
2019_DC_LOC_Mozart5DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Coolidge): Mozart, Sonata for Violin and Piano, K. 379 (1781)
This was a piece hand-written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, part of the collection at the LOC. Most of us were just wowed to see it.
2019_DC_Pilkey_Peanuts68DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Coolidge): Peanuts Collection
Ticket holders will be invited to view a display of items from the Library’s extensive comic collection in the Whittall Pavillion prior to the start of the event.
2022_DC_LOC_Music7DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Coolidge): ??? Music ???
2019_DC_LOC_Action77DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Graphic Arts): Art in Action: Herb Block and Fellow Artists Respond to Their Times
Art in Action: Herblock and Fellow Artists Respond to Their Times
January 31 - August 17, 2019

This exhibition was inspired by original drawings created for distribution in newspapers by Herbert L. Block (1909–2001), who won three Pulitzer Prizes and became known simply as "Herblock." His artistic...
2006_DC_LOC_Art64DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Graphic Arts): Cartoon America
The following description of the exhibit is from http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/cartoonamerica/

James Arthur Wood, Jr., began collecting original cartoon art as a childhood hobby. In his teens, Wood honed his drawing skills by copying the styles and characters of his favorite cartoonists. He began...
2007_DC_LOC_Art101DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Graphic Arts): Cartoon America
The following description of the exhibit is from http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/cartoonamerica/

James Arthur Wood, Jr., began collecting original cartoon art as a childhood hobby. In his teens, Wood honed his drawing skills by copying the styles and characters of his favorite cartoonists. He began...
2019_DC_LOC_Comic_Art214DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Graphic Arts): Comic Art: 120 Years of Panels and Pages
Comic Art: 120 Years of Panels and Pages
Opened September 12, 2019
Explore the realm of comic art, where visual and narrative storytelling styles have evolved from panels in early newspapers to contemporary comic images. Through unique original drawings and printed pages, this exhibition features the...
2012_DC_LOC_Earth22DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Graphic Arts): Down to Earth: Herblock and Photographers Observe the Environment
Down to Earth: Herblock and Photographers Observe the Environment
September 22, 2012–March 23, 2013
Down to Earth: Herblock and Photographers Observe the EnvironmentEnvironmental issues affect everyone on planet Earth—the quality of the water and food we consume, the air we breathe, and the parks we...
2017_DC_LOC_Drawn2Purpose78DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Graphic Arts): Drawn To Purpose
Drawn To Purpose: American Women Illustrators and Cartoonists
November 18, 2017 - October 20, 2018

Features the rich collections of the Library of Congress and brings to light remarkable but little-known contributions made by North American women to the art forms of illustration and cartooning....
2018_DC_LOC_Drawn2Purpose100DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Graphic Arts): Drawn To Purpose
I went through the public comment book to see what people might have drawn. Barbara Dale's drawing is still winner and champion!
2021_DC_LOC_Geppi77DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Graphic Arts): Geppi Gems
Geppi Gems
September 21, 2021-ongoing
COMIC BOOKS have permeated almost every popular entertainment medium in the United States. When Stephen A. Geppi opened the Geppi Entertainment Museum in Baltimore, Maryland, in 2006, he sought to show how comic books—much like newspapers, television, motion...
2022_DC_LOC_Geppi65DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Graphic Arts): Geppi Gems
Geppi Gems
September 21, 2021-ongoing
COMIC BOOKS have permeated almost every popular entertainment medium in the United States. When Stephen A. Geppi opened the Geppi Entertainment Museum in Baltimore, Maryland, in 2006, he sought to show how comic books—much like newspapers, television, motion...
2013_DC_LOC_Gibson54DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Graphic Arts): Gibson Girl's America
“The Gibson Girl’s America: Drawings by Charles Dana Gibson” Exhibition Opens at Library of Congress on March 30

In the 1890s, illustrator Charles Dana Gibson created the "Gibson Girl," a vibrant, new feminine ideal—a young woman who pursued higher education, romance, marriage, physical well-being...
2015_DC_LOC_Pointing152DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Graphic Arts): Pointing Their Pens: Herblock and Fellow Cartoonists Confront the Issues
Pointing Their Pens: Herblock and Fellow Cartoonists Confront the Issues
March 21, 2015–March 19, 2016
Editorial cartoonists, like all Americans, do not always agree with one another. Issues on which the nation was particularly divided in the twentieth century—the question of U.S. intervention prior...
2016_DC_LOC_WWI46DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Graphic Arts): World War I: American Artists View the Great War
World War I: American Artists View the Great War
May 7, 2016–May 6, 2017
Heeding the call from artist Charles Dana Gibson to “Draw ‘til it hurts,” hundreds of leading American artists galvanized public interest in the Great War (1914–1918). Although the United States participated as a direct combatant...
2017_DC_LOC_WWI50DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Graphic Arts): World War I: American Artists View the Great War
World War I: American Artists View the Great War
May 7, 2016–May 6, 2017
Heeding the call from artist Charles Dana Gibson to “Draw ‘til it hurts,” hundreds of leading American artists galvanized public interest in the Great War (1914–1918). Although the United States participated as a direct combatant...
2017_DC_LOC_Awesome68DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Mahogany Row): Library of Awesome
Library to Celebrate the World of Comics
The Library of Congress is gearing up for a super summer treat celebrating the role of comics and graphic novels in promoting literacy, as collectibles, in the arts, advertising, sociology, popular culture and history. Making a variety of collection items more...
2017_DC_LOC_Halloween93DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Mahogany Row): LOC Halloween: Chambers of Mystery
The Library of Congress is presenting a host of tricks and treats with an autumn pop-up exhibition that embodies seasonal traditions of fantasy and folklore. Making a variety of rarely seen collection items more accessible to the general public, “LOC Halloween: Chambers of Mystery” will show-and-tell...
2017_DC_LOC_Presidential76DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Mahogany Row): Presidential Inaugurations
Presidential Inaugurations
Jan. 23 to Feb. 4, 2017
Lincoln’s First Inaugural Address Will Be on View

A two-week display on inaugurations, at the Library of Congress, will feature presidential treasures—the handwritten speeches of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and Abraham Lincoln—and...
2013_DC_LOC_Opera67DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Performing Arts): A Night at the Opera
“A Night at the Opera” Exhibition Opens at Library of Congress on Aug. 15
The grandeur of opera—its unforgettable music, stellar performers, and lavish scenery and costumes—has transfixed audiences for more than 400 years. The Library of Congress will celebrate the majestic art form with "A Night at...
2017_DC_LOC_Baseball55DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Performing Arts): Baseball’s Greatest Hits: The Music of Our National Game
“Baseball’s Greatest Hits: The Music of Our National Game” Exhibit Opens Feb. 9

Long before the speakers at Wrigley Field blasted Steve Goodman’s “Go, Cubs, Go” after each triumphant Cubs game and long before players approached the batter’s box with their signature walk-up songs, music and baseball...
2015_DC_LOC_Chamber_Music53DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Performing Arts): Chamber Music: The Life and Legacy of Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge
Chamber Music: The Life and Legacy of Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge
August 13, 2015—January 23, 2016
In 1925 Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge (1864–1953) established the Coolidge Foundation at the Library of Congress, an unprecedented gift that ensured her support for contemporary music would continue for many...
2013_DC_LOC_Kaye60DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Performing Arts): Danny Kaye and Sylvia Fine: Two Kids from Brooklyn
Danny Kaye and Sylvia Fine: Two Kids from Brooklyn
February 14–July 27, 2013
This exhibition explores the many talents of the powerful entertainment duo Danny Kaye (1911–1987) and Sylvia Fine (1913–1991), both raised in Brooklyn, New York. Kaye’s career as an entertainer spanned six decades and...
2015_DC_LOC_Illusion62DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Performing Arts): Grand Illusion: The Art of Theatrical Design
Grand Illusion: The Art of Theatrical Design
February 12–July 25, 2015
Grand Illusion: The Art of the Theatrical Design journeys from the Baroque courts of Europe to the Broadway stages of the United States. The exhibit draws from collections that document virtually all genres of theater: ballet,...
2011_DC_LOC_Lucy43DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Performing Arts): I Love Lucy: An American Legend
I Love Lucy: An American Legend
August 4, 2011–January 28, 2012
In celebration of the sixtieth anniversary of the show's debut, the Library of Congress presents I Love Lucy: An American Legend. This exhibition explores the show's history through the Ball and Arnaz family scrapbooks as well as...
2016_DC_LOC_Jazz_Singers58DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Performing Arts): Jazz Singers
Jazz Singers
February 11–July 23, 2016
What is a jazz singer? The answer can be as varied as the practitioners of the art form. This exhibit offers perspectives on the art of vocal jazz from the 1920s to the present. Drawn largely from the Library of Congress Music Division’s collections, including...
2023_DC_LOC_Gottlieb23DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Performing Arts): William P. Gottlieb Collection of Photographs 1938-1948
William P. Gottlieb: Collection of Photographs 1938-1948
Shown here is a selection of Gottlieb's photographs images drawn from his collection, now held by the Library of Congress and consisting of nearly 1,800 images. The photographs are notable for Gottlieb's ability to capture the personalities of...
2016_DC_LOC_OperaB440DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Performing Arts): #Opera Before Instagram: Portraits, 1890-1955
#Opera Before Instagram: Portraits, 1890-1955
August 11, 2016–January 21, 2017
The Charles Jahant Collection in the Library of Congress Music Division contains nearly 2,000 photographs of opera singers from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, many of which are inscribed to him. Jahant began...
2016_DC_LOC_America_Reads91DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit: America Reads
America Reads
June 16–December 31, 2016
Knowing that opinions can be as varied as the number of people you ask, we urged the public to name "other books that shaped America" and to tell us which of the eighty-eight core books on our list were most important to them. That survey forms the basis of this...
2018_DC_LOC_Baseball219DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit: Baseball Americana
Baseball Americana
June 29, 2018–Summer 2019
Americans had been playing baseball long before they agreed on the rules or even settled on how to spell it.
Base-Ball (1787)
base-ball (1799)
base ball (1818)
Base Ball (1845)
baseball (1899)
They didn't always call it baseball either—in some...
2014_DC_LOC_Bibles5DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit: Bible Collection
Library of Congress Bible Collection
The Giant Bible of Mainz and the Gutenberg Bibles are on view in the East Corridor on the first floor of the Thomas Jefferson Building. The Bibles are surrounded by six murals collectively referred to as The Evolution of the Book.
These murals depict the process of...
2015_DC_LOC_Bibles11DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit: Bible Collection
Library of Congress Bible Collection
Ongoing exhibition, opened April 11, 2008.
In the Great Hall of the Library of Congress, two monumental Bibles face each other as if in dialogue: one, the Giant Bible of Mainz, signifies the end of the handwritten book—and the other, the Gutenberg Bible, marks the...
2018_DC_LOC_Bibles17DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit: Bible Collection
They set up new cases for the bibles.
2005_DC_LOC_BHope8DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit: Bob Hope and American Variety
Bob Hope was among the 20,000 vaudeville performers working in the 1920s. Many of these performers were, like Hope, recent immigrants to America who saw a vaudeville career as one of the few ways to succeed as a "foreigner" in America. Throughout his extraordinary professional career of nearly seventy...
2006_DC_LOC_BHope4DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit: Bob Hope and American Variety
Bob Hope was among the 20,000 vaudeville performers working in the 1920s. Many of these performers were, like Hope, recent immigrants to America who saw a vaudeville career as one of the few ways to succeed as a "foreigner" in America. Throughout his extraordinary professional career of nearly seventy...
2009_DC_LOC_BHope8DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit: Bob Hope and American Variety
Bob Hope was among the 20,000 vaudeville performers working in the 1920s. Many of these performers were, like Hope, recent immigrants to America who saw a vaudeville career as one of the few ways to succeed as a "foreigner" in America. Throughout his extraordinary professional career of nearly seventy...
2018_DC_LOC_Cherry_Posters36DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit: Cherry Blossom Festival Posters
2017_DC_LOC_DJustice141DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit: Drawing Justice: The Art of Courtroom Illustration
Drawing Justice: The Art of Courtroom Illustration
April 27–October 28, 2017
Drawing Justice: The Art of Courtroom Illustration showcases the Library’s extensive collections of original art by talented artists hired by both newspapers and television to capture the personal dynamics of legal trials....
2017_DC_LOC_Echoes561DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit: Echoes of the Great War
Echoes of the Great War: American Experiences of World War I 
April 4, 2017–January 2019
Echoes of the Great War: American Experiences of World War I examines the upheaval of world war as Americans confronted it— both at home and abroad. The exhibition considers the debates and struggles that...
2015_DC_LOC_Exploring57DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit: Exploring the Early Americas
Exploring the Early Americas
Ongoing exhibition, opened December 12, 2007.
Exploring the Early Americas features selections from the more than 3,000 rare maps, documents, paintings, prints, and artifacts that make up the Jay I. Kislak Collection at the Library of Congress. It provides insight into...
2018_DC_LOC_Exploring16DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit: Exploring the Early Americas
2015_DC_LOC_Bay_Psalm51DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit: First Among Many: The Bay Psalm Book and Early Moments in American Printing
First Among Many: The Bay Psalm Book and Early Moments in American Printing
June 4, 2015–January 2, 2016
In 1640, less than two years after landing in Massachusetts Bay, Stephen Daye printed The Whole Booke of Psalmes Faithfully Translated into English Metre, known as the Bay Psalm Book, the first...
2011_DC_LOC_Herblock22DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit: Herblock Gallery (2011)
Herblock Looks at 1961: Fifty Years Ago in Editorial Cartoons
Exhibition dates: September 10, 2011–March 16, 2012
For many Americans, the tensions of 1961—conflicts between East and West, the use of nuclear weapons and traditional warfare, political battles between conservatives and liberals, and...
2012_DC_LOC_Herblock20DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit: Herblock Gallery (2012)
Herblock Looks at 1962: Fifty Years Ago in Editorial Cartoons, Part II
Exhibition dates: September 22, 2012–March 23, 2013
In 1962, the second year of his presidency, John F. Kennedy (1917–1963) used his executive authority to impose economic and social change in the United States. He fought...
2013_DC_LOC_Herblock21DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit: Herblock Gallery (2013)
Herblock Looks at 1963: Fifty Years Ago in Editorial Cartoons, Part I
Exhibition dates: March 30, 2013–September 14, 2013
In 1963, during the third and final year of his presidency, John F. Kennedy (1917–1963) faced repeated opposition to his legislative initiatives. Republicans rebuffed his calls for...
2014_DC_LOC_Herblock21DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit: Herblock Gallery (2014)
Herblock Looks at 1964: Fifty Years Ago in Editorial Cartoons, Part I
Exhibition dates: April 5, 2014–September 13, 2014
During the first year of his presidency, Lyndon Baines Johnson (1908–1973) made the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 a priority, honoring slain President John F. Kennedy’s...
2015_DC_LOC_Herblock77DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit: Herblock Gallery (2015)
Herblock Looks at 1965: Fifty Years Ago in Editorial Cartoons, Part II
Exhibition dates: September 26, 2015–March 19, 2016
After winning a landslide victory in the 1964 presidential election, Lyndon Baines Johnson (1908–1973) promoted legislation that improved education, medical care, retirement...
2016_DC_LOC_Herblock44DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit: Herblock Gallery (2016)
Herblock Looks at 1966: Fifty Years Ago in Editorial Cartoons, Part II
Exhibition dates: September 17, 2016–March 11, 2017
During the second year of the presidency of Lyndon Baines Johnson (1908–1973) Herblock drew cartoons that raised an alarm about developments in Vietnam and its impact on domestic...
2017_DC_LOC_Herblock43DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit: Herblock Gallery (2017)
Herblock Looks at 1967: Fifty Years Ago in Editorial Cartoons, Part I
Exhibition dates: March 18, 2017–September 9, 2017
In 1967, during the third year of President Lyndon B. Johnson’s (1908–1973) administration, Herblock drew some of his most powerful cartoons on issues about which he cared deeply....
2018_DC_LOC_Herblock54DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit: Herblock Gallery (2018)
Herblock Looks at 1968: Fifty Years Ago in Editorial Cartoons
Currently on exhibit: March 17–September 8, 2018
In 1968, during the fourth and final year of President Lyndon B. Johnson’s administration, Herblock focused on the presidential election. Having called attention to Richard M. Nixon’s...
2019_DC_LOC_Herblock69DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit: Herblock Gallery (2019)
Herblock Looks at 1969: Fifty Years Ago in Editorial Cartoons, Part I
Exhibtion dates: March 23, 2019–September 7, 2019
Richard Milhous Nixon (1913–1994) became the thirty-seventh president of the United States in 1969. Herblock had been a persistent critic of Nixon since 1948, starting with the...
2021_DC_LOC_Herblock29DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit: Herblock Gallery (2021)
Herblock Looks at 1970: Fifty Years Ago in Editorial Cartoons, Part I
During the second year of President Richard Milhous Nixon’s (1913–1994) term, his handling of both international and domestic issues led Herblock to pick up his ink pen and brush and express his opinion. Anti-crime legislation led...
2022_DC_LOC_Herblock67DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit: Herblock Gallery (2022)
2023_DC_LOC_Herblock81DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit: Herblock Gallery (2023)
Herblock Looks at 1973: Fifty Years Ago in Editorial Cartoons
March 25, 2023–September 2023
As Richard M. Nixon began his second term as president in 1973, he had support throughout the United States. Evidence mounted for his knowledge and participation in such 1972-reelection scandals as the break-in...
2009_DC_LOC_Gershwin15DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit: Here to Stay: The Legacy of George and Ira Gershwin
Here to Stay: The Legacy of George and Ira Gershwin
December 11, 2008–Ongoing
Experience the glamour and sophistication of the 1920s and 1930s in this permanent tribute to the brothers who helped provide a musical background to the period. The exhibition contains a wealth of materials that provide...
2017_DC_LOC_Gershwin83DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit: Here to Stay: The Legacy of George and Ira Gershwin
2010_DC_LOC_BHope19DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit: Hope for America: Performers, Politics and Pop Culture
Hope for America: Performers, Politics and Pop Culture
Ongoing exhibition, opened June 11, 2010.
Bob Hope, who entertainment historian and critic Leonard Maltin declared “may be the most popular entertainer in the history of Western civilization,” was arguably the nation's best-loved topical humorist...
2017_DC_LOC_BHope127DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit: Hope for America: Performers, Politics and Pop Culture
2022_DC_LOC_Join_In185DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit: Join In: Voluntary Associations in America
Join In: Voluntary Associations in America
December 16, 2022–December 31, 2023
America has been called “a nation of joiners.” In their daily lives, in their communities, and in their work and play, Americans have long joined voluntary associations to connect with others, pursue shared goals, and spur...
2014_DC_LOC_Magna115DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit: Magna Carta: Muse and Mentor
Magna Carta: Muse and Mentor
November 6, 2014–January 19, 2015
This exhibition commemorates the 800th anniversary of the creation of Magna Carta, the charter of liberties that England’s King John granted to his barons in 1215 in order to halt their rebellion and restore their allegiance to his throne....
2016_DC_LOC_Mapping36DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit: Mapping a Growing Nation: From Independence to Statehood
Mapping a Growing Nation: From Independence to Statehood
Ongoing exhibition, open September 1, 2016
Abel Buell’s New and Correct Map of the United States of North America is the first map of the newly independent United States compiled, printed, and published in America by an American. This important...
2018_DC_LOC_Mapping32DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit: Mapping a Growing Nation: Southeastern States / Midwestern States
They keep rotating items.
2019_DC_LOC_Mapping11DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit: Mapping a Growing Nation: Western States
2022_DC_LOC_Mapping15DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit: Mapping a Growing Nation: Western States
2014_DC_LOC_Mapping20DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit: Mapping A New Nation
Mapping a New Nation: Abel Buell’s Map of the United States, 1784
On September 3, 1783, American and British representatives signed the Treaty of Paris that formally concluded the American Revolution and recognized the United States as an independent nation. In March 1784, only six months later, Abel...
2017_DC_LOC_Hamlisch10DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit: Marvin Hamlisch PEGOT display
2023_DC_LOC_Hamlisch28DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit: Marvin Hamlisch PEGOT display
2022_DC_LOC_Ostrich95DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit: Not an Ostrich: & Other Images from America's Library
Not an Ostrich: & Other Images from America's Library
Opened March 23, 2022
NOT AN OSTRICH: & OTHER IMAGES FROM AMERICA’S LIBRARY, organized by the Annenberg Space for Photography in Los Angeles and drawn from the photography collections of the Library of Congress, presents a taste of this...
2019_DC_LOC_Parks_Words138DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit: Rosa Parks: In Her Own Words
Rosa Parks: In Her Own Words
Opening December 5, 2019
Rosa Parks (1913–2005) is best known for her refusal to give up her seat to a white man on a crowded bus in Montgomery, Alabama, on December 1, 1955. Her arrest sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott, a pivotal event in the civil rights movement that...
2019_DC_LOC_Women_Vote241DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit: Shall Not Be Denied: Women Fight for the Vote
Shall Not Be Denied: Women Fight for the Vote
June 4, 2019–September 2020
"We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal. . . . In entering upon the great work before us, we anticipate no small amount of misconception, misrepresentation, and ridicule; but we shall...
2020_DC_LOC_Women_Vote163DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit: Shall Not Be Denied: Women Fight for the Vote (Exhibit Rotation)
Shall Not Be Denied: Women Fight for the Vote
June 4, 2019–September 2020
"We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal. . . . In entering upon the great work before us, we anticipate no small amount of misconception, misrepresentation, and ridicule; but we shall...
2019_DC_LOC_Suffrage_Garden7DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit: Suffrage Garden
2011_DC_LOC_Swann74DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit: Swann Gallery
March 18, 2011–Ongoing
The exhibition reveals the power of cartoons to illuminate both human nature and history as well as provoke laughter and reflection. The diverse selection of images on display here represents the fascinating world of caricatures, political cartoons, comics, animation art, graphic...
2016_DC_LOC_Swann38DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit: Swann Gallery
March 18, 2011–Ongoing
The exhibition reveals the power of cartoons to illuminate both human nature and history as well as provoke laughter and reflection. The diverse selection of images on display here represents the fascinating world of caricatures, political cartoons, comics, animation art, graphic...
2014_DC_LOC_TJLib9DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit: Thomas Jefferson’s Library
Thomas Jefferson’s Library
“I cannot live without books.” Thomas Jefferson, June 10, 1815
Throughout his life, books were vital to Thomas Jefferson’s education and well being. His books provided Jefferson with a broader knowledge of the contemporary and ancient worlds than many of his contemporaries...
2017_DC_LOC_War_Garden21DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit: World War I Victory Gardens
2014_DC_LOC_CRA1964240DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit:The Civil Rights Act of 1964: A Long Struggle for Freedom
The Civil Rights Act of 1964: A Long Struggle for Freedom
September 10, 2014–January 2, 2016
This exhibition, which commemorates the fiftieth anniversary of the landmark Civil Rights Act of 1964, explores the events that shaped the civil rights movement, as well as the far-reaching impact the act had...
2015_DC_LOC_CRA196429DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit:The Civil Rights Act of 1964: A Long Struggle for Freedom
The Civil Rights Act of 1964: A Long Struggle for Freedom
September 10, 2014–January 2, 2016
This exhibition, which commemorates the fiftieth anniversary of the landmark Civil Rights Act of 1964, explores the events that shaped the civil rights movement, as well as the far-reaching impact the act had...
1971_DC_LOC_Ext1DC -- Library of Congress -- Exterior Images
1997_DC_LOC_Ext7DC -- Library of Congress -- Exterior Images
1999_DC_LOC_Ext7DC -- Library of Congress -- Exterior Images
2004_DC_LOC_Ext6DC -- Library of Congress -- Exterior Images
2005_DC_LOC_Ext12DC -- Library of Congress -- Exterior Images
2006_DC_LOC_Ext20DC -- Library of Congress -- Exterior Images
2008_DC_LOC_Ext39DC -- Library of Congress -- Exterior Images
2009_DC_LOC_Ext67DC -- Library of Congress -- Exterior Images
2011_DC_LOC_Ext1DC -- Library of Congress -- Exterior Images
2012_DC_LOC_Ext20DC -- Library of Congress -- Exterior Images
2013_DC_LOC_Ext1DC -- Library of Congress -- Exterior Images
2014_DC_LOC_Ext2DC -- Library of Congress -- Exterior Images
2017_DC_LOC_Ext40DC -- Library of Congress -- Exterior Images
I never noticed the male statues in the fountain before -- two were totally naked and one had a figleaf. Also shown is the new Toni Morrison bench.
2018_DC_LOC_Ext2DC -- Library of Congress -- Exterior Images
2019_DC_LOC_Ext2DC -- Library of Congress -- Exterior Images
2020_DC_LOC_Ext1DC -- Library of Congress -- Exterior Images
2021_DC_LOC_Ext58DC -- Library of Congress -- Exterior Images
The fences get razor wire during the securing of the Capitol perimeter after the Trump riot.
2022_DC_LOC_Ext6DC -- Library of Congress -- Exterior Images
2023_DC_LOC_Ext7DC -- Library of Congress -- Exterior Images
2023_DC_LOC_Ext_Const15DC -- Library of Congress -- Exterior Images -- Construction
2022_DC_LOC_Int_Const19DC -- Library of Congress -- Interior Images -- We're Building A Library For You
2023_DC_LOC_Int_Const8DC -- Library of Congress -- Interior Images -- We're Building A Library For You
2021_DC_LOC_Int16DC -- Library of Congress -- Miscellaneous interior areas
2022_DC_LOC_Int1DC -- Library of Congress -- Miscellaneous interior areas
2023_DC_LOC_Int2DC -- Library of Congress -- Miscellaneous interior areas
2013_DC_LOC_PPD78DC -- Library of Congress -- Prints and Photographs Division pieces
2015_DC_LOC_European21DC -- Library of Congress -- Room: 2nd Floor European Reading Room
2008_DC_LOC_Asian14DC -- Library of Congress -- Room: Asian Reading Room (1st Floor)
2017_DC_LOC_Asian24DC -- Library of Congress -- Room: Asian Reading Room (1st Floor)
2017_DC_LOC_CRR28DC -- Library of Congress -- Room: Congressional Reading Room (1st Floor)
2014_DC_LOC_Coolidge2DC -- Library of Congress -- Room: Coolidge Auditorium (Ground floor)
2017_DC_LOC_Coolidge3DC -- Library of Congress -- Room: Coolidge Auditorium (Ground floor)
2015_DC_LOC_Hispanic21DC -- Library of Congress -- Room: Hispanic Reading Room (2nd Floor)
2016_DC_LOC_Ceremonial55DC -- Library of Congress -- Room: Librarian's Ceremonial Office (1st Floor)
October 10, 2016
Library of Congress Ceremonial Office Opened for Public Viewing
Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden today announced that the historic and architecturally beautiful Ceremonial Office in the Library’s Thomas Jefferson Building will be open to the public. Previously, the room was visited...
2023_DC_LOC_Ceremonial20DC -- Library of Congress -- Room: Librarian's Ceremonial Office (1st Floor)
2005_DC_LOC_Mahogany1DC -- Library of Congress -- Room: Mahogany Row (1st Floor, by Kluge Center)
2008_DC_LOC_Mahogany18DC -- Library of Congress -- Room: Mahogany Row (1st Floor, by Kluge Center)
2009_DC_LOC_Mahogany27DC -- Library of Congress -- Room: Mahogany Row (1st Floor, by Kluge Center)
2015_DC_LOC_Mahogany17DC -- Library of Congress -- Room: Mahogany Row (1st Floor, by Kluge Center)
2017_DC_LOC_Mahogany48DC -- Library of Congress -- Room: Mahogany Row (1st Floor, by Kluge Center)
2010_DC_LOC_MRRCC5DC -- Library of Congress -- Room: Main Reading Room -- Card Catalog
2011_DC_LOC_MRRCC8DC -- Library of Congress -- Room: Main Reading Room -- Card Catalog
2012_DC_LOC_MRRCC10DC -- Library of Congress -- Room: Main Reading Room -- Card Catalog
2023_DC_LOC_MRRCC16DC -- Library of Congress -- Room: Main Reading Room -- Card Catalog
1997_DC_LOC_MRR5DC -- Library of Congress -- Room: Main Reading Room (room itself)
1999_DC_LOC_MRR7DC -- Library of Congress -- Room: Main Reading Room (room itself)
2002_DC_LOC_MRR2DC -- Library of Congress -- Room: Main Reading Room (room itself)
2004_DC_LOC_MRR10DC -- Library of Congress -- Room: Main Reading Room (room itself)
2005_DC_LOC_MRR1DC -- Library of Congress -- Room: Main Reading Room (room itself)
2007_DC_LOC_MRR4DC -- Library of Congress -- Room: Main Reading Room (room itself)
2008_DC_LOC_MRR80DC -- Library of Congress -- Room: Main Reading Room (room itself)
They don't allow public visitors into the main reading room very often and they allow photography even less often. One time they did it for was the "Experience" opening.
2009_DC_LOC_MRR161DC -- Library of Congress -- Room: Main Reading Room (room itself)
They don't allow public visitors into the main reading room very often and they allow photography even less often. Today was an open house though so...
2010_DC_LOC_MRR216DC -- Library of Congress -- Room: Main Reading Room (room itself)
They open the Main Reading Room for pictures twice a year -- President's Day and Columbus Day. I went both times this year so these pictures might get redundant.
2011_DC_LOC_MRR29DC -- Library of Congress -- Room: Main Reading Room (room itself)
2012_DC_LOC_MRR24DC -- Library of Congress -- Room: Main Reading Room (room itself)
Wide-angle lens time.
2013_DC_LOC_MRR34DC -- Library of Congress -- Room: Main Reading Room (room itself)
2017_DC_LOC_MRR14DC -- Library of Congress -- Room: Main Reading Room (room itself)
2019_DC_LOC_MRR29DC -- Library of Congress -- Room: Main Reading Room (room itself)
2021_DC_LOC_MRR26DC -- Library of Congress -- Room: Main Reading Room (room itself)
2023_DC_LOC_MRR73DC -- Library of Congress -- Room: Main Reading Room (room itself)
2016_DC_LOC_Members16DC -- Library of Congress -- Room: Members' Room (1st Floor)
2017_DC_LOC_Members34DC -- Library of Congress -- Room: Members' Room (1st Floor)
1997_DC_LOC_NWCorner7DC -- Library of Congress -- Room: Northwest Corner (Maps) Art (2nd Floor)
2006_DC_LOC_NWCorner9DC -- Library of Congress -- Room: Northwest Corner (Maps) Art (2nd Floor)
2015_DC_LOC_NWCorner15DC -- Library of Congress -- Room: Northwest Corner (Maps) Art (2nd Floor)
2018_DC_LOC_NWCorner17DC -- Library of Congress -- Room: Northwest Corner (Maps) Art (2nd Floor)
1997_DC_LOC_NWGal2DC -- Library of Congress -- Room: Northwest Gallery (Early Americas) Art (2nd Floor)
2015_DC_LOC_NWGal14DC -- Library of Congress -- Room: Northwest Gallery (Early Americas) Art (2nd Floor)
2014_DC_LOC_SWCorner18DC -- Library of Congress -- Room: Southwest Corner (TJeff Library Room) Art (2nd Floor)
2015_DC_LOC_SWGal7DC -- Library of Congress -- Room: Southwest Gallery (2nd Floor)
2017_DC_LOC_SWGal26DC -- Library of Congress -- Room: Southwest Gallery (2nd Floor)
1997_DC_LOC_GH27DC -- Library of Congress -- Room: The Great Hall
1999_DC_LOC_GH38DC -- Library of Congress -- Room: The Great Hall
2002_DC_LOC_GH12DC -- Library of Congress -- Room: The Great Hall
2004_DC_LOC_GH16DC -- Library of Congress -- Room: The Great Hall
2005_DC_LOC_GH23DC -- Library of Congress -- Room: The Great Hall
2006_DC_LOC_GH33DC -- Library of Congress -- Room: The Great Hall
2007_DC_LOC_GH30DC -- Library of Congress -- Room: The Great Hall
2008_DC_LOC_GH30DC -- Library of Congress -- Room: The Great Hall
2009_DC_LOC_GH133DC -- Library of Congress -- Room: The Great Hall
2010_DC_LOC_GH110DC -- Library of Congress -- Room: The Great Hall
2011_DC_LOC_GH52DC -- Library of Congress -- Room: The Great Hall
2012_DC_LOC_GH39DC -- Library of Congress -- Room: The Great Hall
2013_DC_LOC_GH14DC -- Library of Congress -- Room: The Great Hall
2014_DC_LOC_GH3DC -- Library of Congress -- Room: The Great Hall
2016_DC_LOC_GH90DC -- Library of Congress -- Room: The Great Hall
2017_DC_LOC_GH47DC -- Library of Congress -- Room: The Great Hall
2019_DC_LOC_GH54DC -- Library of Congress -- Room: The Great Hall
2021_DC_LOC_GH13DC -- Library of Congress -- Room: The Great Hall
2022_DC_LOC_GH29DC -- Library of Congress -- Room: The Great Hall
2023_DC_LOC_GH1DC -- Library of Congress -- Room: The Great Hall
2005_DC_LOC_GHX6DC -- Library of Congress -- Room: The Great Hall -- Holiday Display
2006_DC_LOC_GHX8DC -- Library of Congress -- Room: The Great Hall -- Holiday Display
2011_DC_LOC_GHX12DC -- Library of Congress -- Room: The Great Hall -- Holiday Display
2014_DC_LOC_GHX18DC -- Library of Congress -- Room: The Great Hall -- Holiday Display
2015_DC_LOC_GHX12DC -- Library of Congress -- Room: The Great Hall -- Holiday Display
2018_DC_LOC_GHX42DC -- Library of Congress -- Room: The Great Hall -- Holiday Display
This year, the tree wasn't in the Great Hall. They had to place it one floor above because putting it in the Great Hall conflicted with Paul Ryan's farewell event. Pictures also include the wreaths set up by some of the shops downstairs.
2019_DC_LOC_GHX20DC -- Library of Congress -- Room: The Great Hall -- Holiday Display
2022_DC_LOC_GHX43DC -- Library of Congress -- Room: The Great Hall -- Holiday Display
2017_DC_LOC_Whittall25DC -- Library of Congress -- Room: Whittall Pavilion (Ground Floor)
2017_DC_LOC_Tunnel13DC -- Library of Congress -- Tunnel work
They removed the book conveyor belt system between the Madison and Jefferson buildings.
2018_DC_LOC_Tunnel17DC -- Library of Congress -- Tunnels
2019_DC_LOC_Tunnel2DC -- Library of Congress -- Tunnels
I ran into WaPo-alumni Neely Tucker downstairs.
2023_DC_LOCVw_Dome137DC -- Library of Congress -- Views from Dome
1997_DC_LOCVw1DC -- Library of Congress -- Views from...
1999_DC_LOCVw2DC -- Library of Congress -- Views from...
2004_DC_LOCVw1DC -- Library of Congress -- Views from...
2011_DC_LOCVw6DC -- Library of Congress -- Views from...
2012_DC_LOCVw2DC -- Library of Congress -- Views from...
2013_DC_LOCVw7DC -- Library of Congress -- Views from...
2015_DC_LocVw9DC -- Library of Congress -- Views from...
2016_DC_LOCVw3DC -- Library of Congress -- Views from...
2017_DC_LOCVw2DC -- Library of Congress -- Views from...
2018_DC_LOCVw11DC -- Library of Congress -- Views from...
The view from the Prints and Photographs section overlooks the residential section of DC.
2019_DC_LOCVw1DC -- Library of Congress -- Views from...
2021_DC_LocVw2DC -- Library of Congress -- Views from...
2022_DC_LOCVw7DC -- Library of Congress -- Views from...
2023_DC_LOCVw10DC -- Library of Congress -- Views from...
2015_DC_LOC_Adams98DC -- Library of Congress John Adams Bldg
2021_DC_LOC_Adams68DC -- Library of Congress John Adams Bldg
2013_DC_LOC_Madison27DC -- Library of Congress Madison Bldg
2015_DC_LOC_Madison10DC -- Library of Congress Madison Bldg
2021_DC_LOC_Madison7DC -- Library of Congress Madison Bldg
2017_DC_LOC_MadisonVw8DC -- Library of Congress Madison Bldg -- Views from...
2020_DC_LOC_MadisonVw22DC -- Library of Congress Madison Bldg -- Views from...
2023_DC_LOC_MadisonVw19DC -- Library of Congress Madison Bldg -- Views from...
2015_DC_LOC2DC -- Library of Congress (a couple of images I couldn't figure a location for)
2021_DC_Longworth_HOB1DC -- Longworth House Office Bulding
2023_DC_Longworth_HOB19DC -- Longworth House Office Bulding
2018_DC_DALCA_18061310DC -- Rally: DALCA (Fix DACA, but mostly for Indian immigrants) @ U.S. Capitol
Very pro-Trump group including GOP reps. One sign said RHC 58%: Clear GC Backlog in 5 Yrs. We will pay $25B for the Wall. It sounded a lot like screw the others who are here for health and safety reasons but please keep up here for economic ones.

This was an odd protest. This group is protesting an...
2017_DC_Capitol_Fight415_1702159DC -- Rally: FIght for $15 @ U.S. Capitol
2018_DC_Parkland_1Month_180314106DC -- Rally: Gun control one month after Parkland Shooting @ U.S. Capitol
Speakers in the Congressional Solidarity Walk-Out included Chris Van Hollen, Al Green, Steny Hoyer, Bernie Sanders, Ted Deutch, Jamie Raskin, Eleanor Holmes Norton, John Lewis, and lots of students. There were also others who spoke before I got there.
2009_DC_March_For_Babies_0904264DC -- Rally: March for Babies @ U.S. Capitol
This was a March of Dimes event that I passed through on my way to see Roz Chast. Unfortunately, I don't know how to actually pass through something without taking pictures so...
2019_DC_NDC_1909183DC -- Rally: New Democrat Coalition @ U.S. Capitol
I got there after the event so just a few speakers were hanging around.
2009_DC_Health_09091376DC -- Rally: Pro-health care @ U.S. Capitol
This was a small response to the scary anti-health care demonstration the previous day. Organizers of the pro-health care demonstration say there will be a bigger pro-health care demonstration in October.

Personal commentary: I didn't take any pictures of the previous day's anti-health care protest....
2019_DC_Gun_Violence_190925257DC -- Rally: Rally to End Gun Violence @ U.S. Capitol
Join us, Pastor Pfleger, Chicago families, and other gun violence prevention activists at the National Rally to #EndGunViolence to pressure Congress to pass gun safety laws on Wednesday, September 25, 2019 from 1:00 to 3:30pm on the West Lawn at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC---after the 10am House...
2017_DC_Taxes_17121910DC -- Rally: Tax Cut for the Rich protest (tail end) @ U.S. Capitol
2016_DC_Intersection_16052619DC -- Russell Senate Office Bldg -- Event: Intersection of Religious Freedom and Freedom of Expression
The Intersection of Religious Freedom and Freedom of Expression
The Impact of Blasphemy Laws Abroad
Recent years have seen a rise in the passage and enforcement of blasphemy laws in countries including Pakistan, Sudan and Saudi Arabia. Please join the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission and the Senate...
2018_DC_Rayburn_SARDAA3DC -- SARDAA Schizophrenia Exhibit @ Rayburn House Office Bldg
Schizophrenia and Related Disorders Alliance of America (SARDAA) presents...
This was their interactive audio/visual installation in the Rayburn Office Building Foyer.
2024_01_27E1_SIPG_Orchids185DC -- Smithsonian Gardens & USBG -- Orchids: The Future of Orchids: Conservation and Collaboration @ Donald Reynolds Center
The Future of Orchids: Conservation and Collaboration
January 27, 2024 – April 28, 2024
Smithsonian Gardens and the United States Botanic Garden present the 28th annual orchid exhibition, filling the entire Kogod Courtyard of the Smithsonian American Art Museum and National Portrait Gallery. The...
2024_01_28B2_SIPG_Orchids30DC -- Smithsonian Gardens & USBG -- Orchids: The Future of Orchids: Conservation and Collaboration @ Donald Reynolds Center
The Future of Orchids: Conservation and Collaboration
January 27, 2024 – April 28, 2024
Smithsonian Gardens and the United States Botanic Garden present the 28th annual orchid exhibition, filling the entire Kogod Courtyard of the Smithsonian American Art Museum and National Portrait Gallery. The...
2023_DC_SupremeP_2306309DC -- Supreme Court Building -- Event: Affirmative Action and Anti-Death Penalty groups
2016_DC_Scalia_16021931DC -- Supreme Court Building -- Event: Line to see Justice Scalia in repose
By the time I got there, they said the line was about 4-1/2 hours deep. My bladder reminded me that that wasn't going to work out very well so I photographed the line and reporters for awhile and left. Sorry about that!
2024_02_08F1_SC_Democracy16DC -- Supreme Court Building -- Event: Media on day Supreme Court hears case deciding whether insurrection=democracy
2020_DC_Ginsburg677DC -- Supreme Court Building -- Event: Ruth Bader Ginsburg's passing
Multiple events:
* Friday, September 18: RBG passed that night. I was downtown visiting the newly opened Eisenhower Memorial when I heard the news and walked over to the Supreme Court. On the way, I passed an evangelical group on the west side of the Capitol singing songs of joy in her passing because...
2023_DC_Student_Debt_23022843DC -- Supreme Court Building -- Event: Student Debt Relief Rally
This was a rally by student debt relief advocates outside the Supreme Court on Capitol Hill. I had another event to cover that morning so I was only there for fifteen minuntes but during that time, speakers included Bernie Sanders, Pramila Jayapal, Elizabeth Warren, and the mayor of some midwestern town...
2018_DC_Supreme_CtX_AT4C54DC -- Supreme Court Building -- Exhibit: All Together for the Camera
All Together for the Camera: 150 Years of Group Photographs
Few visual cues say “Supreme Court” better than its group photograph, the first of which was taken in 1867. Although this 150-year old custom occurred infrequently in the beginning, it has since become one of the Court’s most popular and...
2005_DC_Supreme_CtX_Temple1DC -- Supreme Court Building -- Exhibit: America’s Temple of Justice
2013_DC_Supreme_CtX_Temple71DC -- Supreme Court Building -- Exhibit: America’s Temple of Justice
2015_DC_Supreme_CtX_Temple99DC -- Supreme Court Building -- Exhibit: America’s Temple of Justice
2018_DC_Supreme_CtX_Temple3DC -- Supreme Court Building -- Exhibit: America’s Temple of Justice
2016_DC_Supreme_CtX_Brazil14DC -- Supreme Court Building -- Exhibit: Bound for Brazil: Charles Evans Hughes' Diplomatic Trip
2015_DC_Supreme_CtX_Capture30DC -- Supreme Court Building -- Exhibit: Capturing Justice: Judicial Portraits by Augustus Saint-Gaudens
Capturing Justice: Judicial Portraits by Augustus Saint-Gaudens
Through public monuments and memorials, Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848 – 1907) helped to establish American sculpture as a successful and popular art medium. Capturing Justice celebrates the sculptor's rich talent as seen in his depictions...
2016_DC_Supreme_CtX_2nd3DC -- Supreme Court Building -- Exhibit: Court's Second Home
2013_DC_Supreme_CtX_Steinb7DC -- Supreme Court Building -- Exhibit: Curious Courtroom Sketches of Harris B. Steinberg:
The Curious Courtroom Sketches of Harris B. Steinberg:
On April 22, 1949, attorney and amateur artist Harris B. Steinberg sketched the Justices on the Bench while waiting for his case to be heard before the Court. At the end of the day the Marshal requested the sketches and they have remained unseen in...
2018_DC_Supreme_CtX_Fassett39DC -- Supreme Court Building -- Exhibit: Forgotten Legacy: Judicial Portraits by Cornelia Adèle Fassett
Forgotten Legacy: Judicial Portraits by Cornelia Adèle Fassett
While many female artists of the nineteenth century depicted scenes from everyday life, Cornelia Adèle Fassett (1831-1898) gained recognition as a painter of presidents and politicians. During her distinguished career, Fassett also captured...
2018_DC_Supreme_CtX_LLaw79DC -- Supreme Court Building -- Exhibit: In Re Lady Lawyers
In Re Lady Lawyers: The Rise of Women Attorneys and the Supreme Court
In the early 1900s, an employee in the Office of the Clerk began to keep a list of women admitted to the Supreme Court Bar. Kept in an envelope titled In Re Lady Lawyers, the list records the women who carved a path for future female...
2013_DC_Supreme_CtX_IWAP43DC -- Supreme Court Building -- Exhibit: In War and Peace
In War and In Peace: The Supreme Court and the Civil War:
Marking the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, this exhibition looks at the Supreme Court during this volatile period in American history and the conflict’s impact on the
institution. Facing an unprecedented rebellion, the President and...
2013_DC_Supreme_CtX_Campbell5DC -- Supreme Court Building -- Exhibit: John A. Campbell: In Pursuit of Peace
John A. Campbell: In Pursuit of Peace:
Highlighting a letter from John A. Campbell to Benjamin R. Curtis, dated July 20, 1865, this exhibit explores the life of a Supreme Court Justice during the Civil War. Campbell resigned from the Court in 1861 and served as Assistant Secretary of War for the...
2005_DC_Supreme_CtX_Marshall2DC -- Supreme Court Building -- Exhibit: John Marshall statue
2013_DC_Supreme_CtX_Marshall12DC -- Supreme Court Building -- Exhibit: John Marshall statue
2013_DC_Supreme_CtX_Karsh5DC -- Supreme Court Building -- Exhibit: Portraits by Yousuf Karsh
Recent Acquisitions: Portraits by Yousuf Karsh
In late 2012, the estate of portrait photographer Yousuf Karsh donated thirteen prints to the Supreme Court's collection, six of which are shown here. All were taken in 1963 as part of the same project as the three framed prints on the wall above, the book...
2015_DC_Supreme_CtX_Hughes36DC -- Supreme Court Building -- Exhibit: Power of Image: Charles Evans Hughes
The Power of Image: Charles Evans Hughes in Prints, Photographs, and Drawings
Charles Evans Hughes (1862-1948) was one of the most accomplished public figures of the 20th century, and today is best remembered as Chief Justice from 1930-1941. From the moment in 1905 when he entered public life as a New...
2005_DC_Supreme_CtX_Ratner2DC -- Supreme Court Building -- Exhibit: Ratner Sculpture of Warren Court
2013_DC_Supreme_CtX_Ratner16DC -- Supreme Court Building -- Exhibit: Ratner Sculpture of Warren Court
2015_DC_Supreme_CtX_Ratner10DC -- Supreme Court Building -- Exhibit: Ratner Sculpture of Warren Court
2015_DC_Supreme_CtX_Reading60DC -- Supreme Court Building -- Exhibit: Reading the Law: Legal Education in America
Reading the Law: Legal Education in America
From apprenticeships to modern day law schools, Reading the Law: Legal Education in America explores the evolution of legal education teaching methodologies, beginning with the Inns of Court and continuing into the 20th century. Although attending law school...
2013_DC_Supreme_CtX_OConnor19DC -- Supreme Court Building -- Exhibit: Sandra Day O’Connor, First Woman on the Supreme Court
Sandra Day O’Connor, First Woman on the Supreme Court:
Justice Sandra Day O’Connor was appointed to the Supreme Court by President Ronald Reagan, and served from 1981 until 2006. Beginning with her childhood growing up on her family’s ranch, the exhibition recalls her life before joining the Supreme...
1997_DC_Supreme_Ct10DC -- Supreme Court Building -- Exterior
2000_DC_Supreme_Ct1DC -- Supreme Court Building -- Exterior
2002_DC_Supreme_Ct8DC -- Supreme Court Building -- Exterior
2004_DC_Supreme_Ct4DC -- Supreme Court Building -- Exterior
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2009_DC_Supreme_Ct27DC -- Supreme Court Building -- Exterior
2011_DC_Supreme_Ct14DC -- Supreme Court Building -- Exterior
2012_DC_Supreme_Ct1DC -- Supreme Court Building -- Exterior
2013_DC_Supreme_Ct31DC -- Supreme Court Building -- Exterior
2015_DC_Supreme_Ct67DC -- Supreme Court Building -- Exterior
2016_DC_Supreme_Ct35DC -- Supreme Court Building -- Exterior
They're working on the outside sculptures.
2017_DC_Supreme_Ct4DC -- Supreme Court Building -- Exterior
2018_DC_Supreme_Ct2DC -- Supreme Court Building -- Exterior
Protester.
2019_DC_Supreme_Ct17DC -- Supreme Court Building -- Exterior
The daily anti-Kavanagh protest continues.
2021_DC_Supreme_Ct20DC -- Supreme Court Building -- Exterior
2022_DC_Supreme_Ct7DC -- Supreme Court Building -- Exterior
2023_DC_Supreme_Ct10DC -- Supreme Court Building -- Exterior
Flags were half-staff at most government buildings due to the most recent mass-shooting (Nashville) including at the Supreme Court, which of course is largely responsible for the flood of assault rifles in our country.
2024_02_03A5_Supreme_Ct16DC -- Supreme Court Building -- Exterior
2022_DC_Supreme_Ct_Choice96DC -- Supreme Court Building -- Exterior -- Pro-Choice placards
Placards against the Supreme Court's pending efforts to take the country back to being a theocratic state.
2005_DC_Supreme_CtI22DC -- Supreme Court Building -- Interior
2013_DC_Supreme_CtI103DC -- Supreme Court Building -- Interior
2015_DC_Supreme_CtI37DC -- Supreme Court Building -- Interior
2016_DC_Supreme_CtI5DC -- Supreme Court Building -- Interior
2018_DC_Supreme_CtI32DC -- Supreme Court Building -- Interior
2016_DC_Supreme_CtI_Scalia8DC -- Supreme Court Building -- Interior -- Scalia draping
The Monday after Justice Scalia's viewing. From http://www.supremecourt.gov/publicinfo/press/pressreleases/pr_02-16-16
In accordance with Supreme Court tradition, Justice Antonin Scalia's Bench Chair and the Bench directly in front of it have been draped with black wool crepe in memoriam. In addition,...
2001_DC_Botanic3DC -- U.S. Botanic Garden
2002_DC_Botanic105DC -- U.S. Botanic Garden
2003_DC_Botanic26DC -- U.S. Botanic Garden
2004_DC_Botanic28DC -- U.S. Botanic Garden
2005_DC_Botanic26DC -- U.S. Botanic Garden
2006_DC_Botanic39DC -- U.S. Botanic Garden
2007_DC_Botanic10DC -- U.S. Botanic Garden
2008_DC_Botanic27DC -- U.S. Botanic Garden
2009_DC_Botanic24DC -- U.S. Botanic Garden
2010_DC_Botanic50DC -- U.S. Botanic Garden
Including a potato display.
2011_DC_Botanic40DC -- U.S. Botanic Garden
2012_DC_Botanic105DC -- U.S. Botanic Garden
2013_DC_Botanic36DC -- U.S. Botanic Garden
2014_DC_Botanic8DC -- U.S. Botanic Garden
2015_DC_Botanic4DC -- U.S. Botanic Garden
2016_DC_Botanic37DC -- U.S. Botanic Garden
2017_DC_Botanic34DC -- U.S. Botanic Garden
2018_DC_Botanic11DC -- U.S. Botanic Garden
2019_DC_Botanic75DC -- U.S. Botanic Garden
2021_DC_Botanic7DC -- U.S. Botanic Garden
On this gorgeous weather day, I ran into the Archivist of the United States, David Ferriero, who I hadn't seen since the pandemic shut-down started.
2022_DC_Botanic82DC -- U.S. Botanic Garden
2023_DC_Botanic75DC -- U.S. Botanic Garden
2001_DC_Botanic_Bartholdi9DC -- U.S. Botanic Garden -- Bartholdi Park
2004_DC_Botanic_Bartholdi4DC -- U.S. Botanic Garden -- Bartholdi Park
2005_DC_Botanic_Bartholdi3DC -- U.S. Botanic Garden -- Bartholdi Park
2008_DC_Botanic_Bartholdi22DC -- U.S. Botanic Garden -- Bartholdi Park
The last picture shows the gap where there's normally the massive statue in the middle of the fountain area. I presume it was removed for maintenance or maybe it's always yanked in winter.
2015_DC_Botanic_Bartholdi14DC -- U.S. Botanic Garden -- Bartholdi Park
2017_DC_Botanic_Bartholdi2DC -- U.S. Botanic Garden -- Bartholdi Park
2019_DC_Botanic_Bartholdi33DC -- U.S. Botanic Garden -- Bartholdi Park
2021_DC_Botanic_Bartholdi41DC -- U.S. Botanic Garden -- Bartholdi Park
2019_DC_Botanic_BartholdiG8DC -- U.S. Botanic Garden -- Bartholdi Park -- Gardens Across America
2008_DC_Botanic_Orchids91DC -- U.S. Botanic Garden -- Exhibit: Alphabetical Garden of Orchids
"An Alphabet Garden of Orchids" Orchid Exhibit Opens February 2, 2008 at U.S. Botanic Garden

Note: Due to large numbers of visitors, use of tripods will not be permitted on Saturdays, Sundays, and Presidents' Day (Feb. 18) during the period of the orchid exhibit (February 2- April 13)

December 3,...
2019_DC_Botanic_New_Gardens96DC -- U.S. Botanic Garden -- Exhibit: Celebrating New American Gardens
Celebrating New American Gardens exhibit
January 31 - October 15, 2019
Public gardens across America are engaging, inviting, and dynamic. Gardens are living creations, as they display seasonal changes along with a constant ebb and flow. This exhibit celebrates American gardens created or renovated...
2004_DC_Botanic_Xmas12DC -- U.S. Botanic Garden -- Exhibit: Christmas (2004) -- Home for the Holidays
A Landscape Architect Who Has Found His Station in Life
Star of New York Train Display Arrives in Washington

By Adrian Higgins
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, December 16, 2004; Page H01

Paul Busse flips a switch in the conservatory of the U.S. Botanic Garden and his creation comes to...
2005_DC_Botanic_Xmas47DC -- U.S. Botanic Garden -- Exhibit: Christmas (2005)
2006_DC_Botanic_Xmas8DC -- U.S. Botanic Garden -- Exhibit: Christmas (2006)
2008_DC_Botanic_Xmas150DC -- U.S. Botanic Garden -- Exhibit: Christmas (2008) -- Windows to Wonderland
Called "Windows to Wonderland," this year's exhibit allows visitors to follow seven trains through a magical wonderland with six hamlets: Fairy Tale Trails, Santa's Village, Secret Mountain, Castle Mountain, Caterpillar Garden and Gremlin Corner.
2009_DC_Botanic_Xmas107DC -- U.S. Botanic Garden -- Exhibit: Christmas (2009) -- Holiday Magic
The U.S. Botanic Garden’s National Mall and fanciful garden-train exhibits have become a beloved Washington tradition, and this year we’re serving up even more magic with larger and more amazing displays made of plant-based natural materials. You’ll find an enchanted storybook garden with trains popping...
2010_DC_Botanic_Xmas184DC -- U.S. Botanic Garden -- Exhibit: Christmas (2010) -- World Heritage Sites (?)
The famous garden railway will feature world landmarks from the continents of Africa, Asia Europe and South America. 
2011_DC_Botanic_Xmas76DC -- U.S. Botanic Garden -- Exhibit: Christmas (2011) -- Presidential Homes
2012_DC_Botanic_Xmas122DC -- U.S. Botanic Garden -- Exhibit: Christmas (2012) -- Fantastical Landscapes
2013_DC_Botanic_Xmas114DC -- U.S. Botanic Garden -- Exhibit: Christmas (2013) -- World's Fairs
Items seen from which World's Fair:
* 1876 Philadelphia Centennial International Exhibition -- Bartholdi Fountain
* 1876 Philadelphia Centennial International Exhibition -- Bartholdi Fountain
* 1878 Paris Exposition Universelle -- Statue of Liberty
* 1884 New Orleans Universal Exposition --...
2014_DC_Botanic_Xmas180DC -- U.S. Botanic Garden -- Exhibit: Christmas (2014) -- Lighthouses
Exploration and Celebrating the U.S. Exploring Expedition of 1838-1842
Season’s Greenings
November 27, 2014 through January 4, 2015
Holiday cheer abounds at the U.S. Botanic Garden! Despite the cold winter outside, the Conservatory boasts a tropical paradise, one of the largest indoor decorated...
2015_DC_Botanic_XMas240DC -- U.S. Botanic Garden -- Exhibit: Christmas (2015) -- Pollination Station
"Season’s Greenings: Pollination Station". Including some Christmas card family shots.
2016_DC_Botanic_Xmas376DC -- U.S. Botanic Garden -- Exhibit: Christmas (2016) -- National Parks and Historic Places
Season's Greenings: National Parks and Historic Places
November 24 - January 2, 2017
Immerse yourself in the sights, smells, and sounds of the season in our annual holiday show Season’s Greenings. See thousands of blooms from exotic orchids to a showcase of heirloom and newly developed poinsettia...
2017_DC_Botanic_Xmas302DC -- U.S. Botanic Garden -- Exhibit: Christmas (2017) -- Roadside Attractions
Season's Greenings: Roadside Attractions
November 23, 2017 - January 1, 2018
This year, take a trip across America as our annual holiday show Season's Greenings showcases Roadside Attractions! In our model train show, trains will chug around, below, through, and above plant-based recreations of iconic...
2018_DC_Botanic_XMas387DC -- U.S. Botanic Garden -- Exhibit: Christmas (2018) -- "All Aboard!"
Season's Greenings: All Aboard!
November 22, 2018 - January 1, 2019
This year, explore America by train as our annual holiday show Season's Greenings showcases historic railroad stations across the country. In our model train show, trains chug around, below, through, and above plant-based recreations...
2019_DC_Botanic_XMas121DC -- U.S. Botanic Garden -- Exhibit: Christmas (2019) -- America's Gardens
Season's Greenings: America's Gardens!
November 28, 2019 - January 5, 2020
Join us to explore botanic gardens from Hawaii to Maine in this year's Season's Greenings holiday show! Plant based recreations of conservatories, fountains, and sculptures will fill the model train room. These will include...
2021_DC_Botanic_XMas146DC -- U.S. Botanic Garden -- Exhibit: Christmas (2021) -- Farming Scenes (Year 1)
This year, the outdoor holiday display will include a train display in the gated outdoor gardens, with trains running from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. between Nov. 24, 2021, and Jan. 2, 2022, closed on Christmas Day, Dec. 25. The trains will run through a display of agricultural scenes from across the...
2022_DC_Botanic_XMas238DC -- U.S. Botanic Garden -- Exhibit: Christmas (2022) -- Farming Scenes (Year 2)
Outdoor Train Display

Model train display with trains circling a miniature barn, corn, and wheat farmThis year, the outdoor holiday display will include a train display in the gated outdoor gardens, with trains running from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. between Nov. 24, 2022, and Jan. 2, 2023, closed Dec....
2023_DC_Botanic_XMas127DC -- U.S. Botanic Garden -- Exhibit: Christmas (2023)
2022_DC_Botanic_Cultivate155DC -- U.S. Botanic Garden -- Exhibit: Cultivate: Growing Food in a Changing World
Visitors can see a new exhibit on agriculture, "Cultivate: Growing Food in a Changing World," in the galleries and multiple other garden spaces.
2015_DC_Botanic_Exposed45DC -- U.S. Botanic Garden -- Exhibit: Exposed: The Secret Life of Roots
Exposed: The Secret Life of Roots
February 21 through October 13, 2015

Hidden Treasures:
Plant roots are vital components of the earth's ecosystem. They are necessary for all plant growth, including the production of food and nutrients for humans and many other organisms. However, as root systems...
2011_DC_Botanic_FloraP13DC -- U.S. Botanic Garden -- Exhibit: Flora Photographica
2021_DC_Botanic_OSay18DC -- U.S. Botanic Garden -- Exhibit: O Say Can You See (Stickwork by Patrick Dougherty)
Patrick Dougherty stickwork installation
Sticks were woven to create a 15-feet-tall sculpture at the U.S. Botanic Garden "O Say Can You See"
To celebrate the 200th anniversary of the U.S. Botanic Garden's (USBG) original 1820 creation, the Garden has collaborated with renowned stickwork artist Patrick...
2018_DC_Botanic_Orchids39DC -- U.S. Botanic Garden -- Exhibit: Orchid Spectrum
Orchid Spectrum
February 23 - April 8, 2018
From February 23 through April 8, immerse yourself in the U.S. Botanic Garden's annual orchid show, presented in collaboration with Smithsonian Gardens. Found on every continent except Antarctica, orchids showcase a wide spectrum of diversity in color,...
2010_DC_Botanic_Potato59DC -- U.S. Botanic Garden -- Exhibit: Spuds Unearthed
“Spuds Unearthed!” Exhibit Digs Up History of the Potato
Posted by Jennifer Martin, National Institute of Food and Agriculture, on October 4, 2010 at 9:27 AM
Jean Ristaino of North Carolina State University used USDA funds to sequence late blight disease, pictured, responsible for the Irish potato...
2003_DC_Botanic_Stink5DC -- U.S. Botanic Garden -- Exhibit: Stink Plant
This blooming flower had a lot of press coverage during the days leading up to its opening. It blooms once every 10 years or so and apparently the stench is akin to rotting elephant flesh. It never opened completely but people who came the first day got to smell it. I came on its last day and, despite...
2005_DC_Botanic_Stink10DC -- U.S. Botanic Garden -- Exhibit: Stink Plant
I had no idea but it was the return of the Titan Arum weekend. There was another infamous stink plant. Native to Sumatra, Indonesia, they had had another one that bloomed in July 2003. I had gone then, along with 10,000 others, and couldn't smell it at all. This time, I could smell it but didn't find it...
2008_DC_Botanic_Quilts14DC -- U.S. Botanic Garden -- Exhibit: Stitch In Vine (Quilts)
A Stitch in Vine: Botanical Quilts

February 15, 2008 - Washington, DC -- The United States Botanic Garden explores new territory in the cultural meaning of plants with its first-ever textile exhibit! A Stitch in Vine presents botanically themed contemporary quilts handmade by artists of the...
2018_DC_Botanic_Murals14DC -- U.S. Botanic Garden -- Exhibit: Wall Flowers: Botanical Murals
Wall Flowers: Botanical Murals
January 31 - October 15, 2018
Stop and take a look at the murals covering our city walls and you'll notice plants are often featured. Plants in murals communicate the aesthetic, ecological, and historic importance of plants in the urban environment. This exhibit features...
2021_DC_Botanic_BB74DC -- U.S. Botanic Garden -- Outdoor Holiday Exhibit: Pollinators
Five Plant-Based Sculptures:
* Ruby-throated Hummingbird
* Lesser Long-nosed Bat
* Blue-tailed Day Gecko
* Tranes Weevil
* Swallowtail Butterfly
2010_DC_Botanic_BHS_10121956DC -- U.S. Botanic Garden -- Performance: Christmas (2010) -- Barrington High School Madrigal Singers
2011_DC_Botanic_CAC_11121314DC -- U.S. Botanic Garden -- Performance: Christmas (2011) -- Capital Accord Chorus (choral performance)
2015_DC_Botanic_CAC_15121515DC -- U.S. Botanic Garden -- Performance: Christmas (2015) -- Capital Accord Chorus (choral performance)
2016_DC_Botanic_40Thieves10DC -- U.S. Botanic Garden -- Performance: Christmas (2016) -- 40 Thieves
Concert: Season's Greenings
40 Thieves, Irish rock
Evenings in the Conservatory are magical! Join us for live seasonal music in the Garden Court. Please note: Limited seating will be available on a first come, first served basis.
2017_DC_Botanic_CAC_17122813DC -- U.S. Botanic Garden -- Performance: Christmas (2017) -- Capital Accord Chorus (choral performance)
December 2017 holiday concert series:
Dec. 28: Capital Accord Chorus (choral)
2018_DC_Botanic_CAC_18122726DC -- U.S. Botanic Garden -- Performance: Christmas (2018) -- Capital Accord Chorus (choral performance)
Capital Accord Chorus (choral)
Capital Accord Chorus is a women's chorus performing four-part a cappella harmony in the barbershop style. Their fun and engaging repertoire ranges from jazz to pop, through standards and show tunes -- they sing it all
2002_DC_Botanic_Garden2DC -- U.S. Botanic Garden -- The National Garden
2004_DC_Botanic_Garden1DC -- U.S. Botanic Garden -- The National Garden
2008_DC_Botanic_Garden16DC -- U.S. Botanic Garden -- The National Garden
2009_DC_Botanic_Garden25DC -- U.S. Botanic Garden -- The National Garden
2011_DC_Botanic_Garden6DC -- U.S. Botanic Garden -- The National Garden
2019_DC_Botanic_Garden17DC -- U.S. Botanic Garden -- The National Garden
2017_DC_Botanic_Production214DC -- U.S. Botanic Garden Production Facility Tour
USBG Production Facility
Tour: Horticultural Backstage Pass: The USBG Production Facility Collection Highlights
Go behind-the-scenes on this guided horticultural highlights tour of the U.S. Botanic Garden Production Facility. Featuring almost two acres of greenhouses, this facility is the largest...
2015_DC_2nd_InaugM_150304100DC -- U.S. Capitol -- 150th Anniversary Lincoln's Second Inaugural -- Miscellaneous
Lincoln's Second Inaugural to be Commemorated at United States Capitol:
Actor Stephen Lang to Read Lincoln’s Immortal Inaugural Address

The Illinois State Society and the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Foundation (ALBF) will co-sponsor an official ceremony and reception in Statuary Hall of the...
2015_DC_2nd_InaugP_150304127DC -- U.S. Capitol -- 150th Anniversary Lincoln's Second Inaugural -- Presentation
150th Anniversary Commemoration President Abraham Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address
Statuary Hall – United States Capitol

SPONSORED BY:
Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Foundation
Illinois State Society of Washington, DC

PROGRAM
Welcoming Remarks:
* Harold Holzer, Chair, Abraham Lincoln...
2021_DC_Capitol_Doc_2112126DC -- U.S. Capitol -- Carol Anderson filming documentary
I ran into a film crew interviewing Carol Anderson by the Capitol for a history documentary.
2011_DC_Dalai_11070965DC -- U.S. Capitol -- Dalai Lama (A Talk for World Peace)
July 9th - A Talk for World Peace

July 9, 2011 - His Holiness the Dalai Lama of Tibet, one of the world’s most revered spiritual leaders, will be making a HISTORIC VISIT to Washington, DC in July 2011. During this time, he will be conferring the Kalachakra for World Peace for the first time in the...
2007_DC_Dalai_07101750DC -- U.S. Capitol -- Dalai Lama (w/Nancy Pelosi and Richard Gere)
The International Campaign for Tibet is honored to announce a public address by His Holiness the Dalai Lama on October 17, 2007 following his receipt of the Congressional Gold Medal in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda. Congress has passed a resolution permitting the International Campaign for Tibet to sponsor a...
2017_DC_Taylor_17051622DC -- U.S. Capitol -- Elizabeth Dowling Taylor ("Original Black Elite")
"The Original Black Elite: Daniel Murray and the Story of a Forgotten Era"
Please join us on Tuesday, May 16 for the Senate Library Book Talk featuring Virginia Foundation for the Humanities Fellow, Elizabeth Dowling Taylor.
Taylor's latest work is a cultural biography covering the life of one of the...
2024_02_08F6_Cap_Gaza1DC -- U.S. Capitol -- Gaza protest sign
2019_DC_Lincoln_RoomD_190501169DC -- U.S. Capitol -- Lincoln Room Dedication
Dedication of the Lincoln Room in the Capitol.
A unanimous House Resolution set aside the former mail room of the original House of Representatives chamber to honor Congressman Abraham Lincoln. This room was just a few feet behind Lincoln's desk on the House floor in what is now Statuary Hall. Lincoln...
2015_DC_Lincoln_VisitsC_15120363DC -- U.S. Capitol -- Lincoln Visits the Capitol for Illinois Statehood Day
On behalf of the Illinois State Society of Washington DC and the Abraham Lincoln Association, we invite you to celebrate Illinois Statehood Day with a visit by Illinois’s greatest citizen, Abraham Lincoln (in the person of renowned Lincoln presenter George Buss from Freeport, Illinois).
When Abraham...
2023_DC_Little_Amal_230919138DC -- U.S. Capitol -- Little Amal visits the Capitol
Little shoes, big journeys
Little Amal walks through a sea of emergency blankets. A river of shoes appears, evoking the stories of millions of children on the move who seek safety within and across borders. Amal brings them to the feet of U.S. Representatives.
In partnership with The Laboratory for...
2017_DC_Love_Out_Loud_17112917DC -- U.S. Capitol -- Love Out Loud event
"Love Out Loud" is a Teleflora Flower Delivery promotion for holiday flowers. They set up a display near the Capitol and every one of one thousand holes in the display was filled with flowers were available first-come first-served to anyone who wanted them. The sign said:
Start here.
This wall is an...
2021_DC_Capitol_Evans94DC -- U.S. Capitol -- Officer William Evans makeshift memorials and drive-by salute
The makeshift memorials were on the site where Officer William Evans was killed on April 2 by a nutjob ramming the Capitol entrance. Note to crazies: If voices tell you to kill someone, take yourself out first. The drive-by salute on 3rd Street was on April 7.
2023_DC_Yellowstone1923_23051780DC -- U.S. Capitol -- Panel: Native American Board School & "1923" viewing
The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs
With Co-Chairs of the Congressional Native American Caucus Rep. Tom Cole and Rep. Sharice Davids
Presents
Paramount’s Critically Acclaimed Drama Series 
“Yellowstone” & “1923”
Join members of the cast and crew of Paramount Network's #1 TV show “Yellowstone”...
2020_DC_Literally_2005041DC -- U.S. Capitol -- Protester: Literally Anyone Else protester
2020_DC_Lock_Him_Up_20020511DC -- U.S. Capitol -- Protest: Lock Him Up
This was an early protest outside of the capitol that happened on the day that the Senate ignored their oath of impartiality as well as overwhelming impeachment evidence and voted pretty much on party lines to exonerate Trump for the "perfect call" and the cover-up following it.
2019_DC_Sen_Graveyard_19112111DC -- U.S. Capitol -- Protest: Senate Graveyard: Where the House Bills Go to Die
2021_DC_No_Fear_210711207DC -- U.S. Capitol -- Rally: No Fear: A Rally In Solidarity with the Jewish People
NO FEAR: A Rally In Solidarity with the Jewish People
Antisemitism isn’t taking a summer vacation.
SO NEITHER CAN WE
On July 11 in Washington, D.C, Alliance for Israel, the Anti-Defamation League, the American Jewish Committee, B'nai Brith International, the Israel Forever Foundation, Jewish National...
2019_DC_FireDrillFridays_191101193DC -- U.S. Capitol -- Rally: #FireDrillFridays w/Jane Fonda, Catherine Keener, Eve Ensler, and Rosanna Arquette -- (Page 1 of 2) Rally
A group of powerhouse women including Jane Fonda, Catherine Keener, and many others just got arrested on Capitol Hill calling for climate action.
Every Friday from now through January, Jane Fonda and other allies will participate in #FireDrillFridays to demand that our elected leaders take bold action...
2019_DC_FireDrillFridays3_191101143DC -- U.S. Capitol -- Rally: #FireDrillFridays w/Jane Fonda, Catherine Keener, Eve Ensler, and Rosanna Arquette -- (Page 2 of 2) March and Arrest @ Hart SOB
A group of powerhouse women including Jane Fonda, Catherine Keener, and many others just got arrested on Capitol Hill calling for climate action.
Every Friday from now through January, Jane Fonda and other allies will participate in #FireDrillFridays to demand that our elected leaders take bold action...
2017_DC_Capitol_SForRel_1705167DC -- U.S. Capitol -- Senate Foreign Relations gathering
2018_DC_Graham_1802287DC -- U.S. Capitol -- State tribute for Billy Graham
The outdoor lines only. I wasn't interested in seeing him lying in state.
2019_DC_Cummings_1910234DC -- U.S. Capitol -- State tribute for Elijah Cummings
Setting up the line barriers for the viewing. I didn't go to the actual viewing.
2018_DC_Bush_18120450DC -- U.S. Capitol -- State tribute for George H.W. Bush
The line to get in for the viewing was about 3 hours.
2007_DC_Ford_07010113DC -- U.S. Capitol -- State tribute for Gerald Ford
I didn't go to the funeral parade for the ex-President. I just did the two-hour wait at the Capitol to see him lying in state in the rotunda. They didn't allow photos there so these are just of the people waiting to get in.
2020_DC_Lewis_200728103DC -- U.S. Capitol -- State tribute for John Lewis
Due to Covid-19, this state tribute was on the steps of the Capitol and you weren't allowed into the building itself, nor could you get anywhere close to the casket itself. I was expecting horrible lines but it went fairly quickly.
2005_DC_Parks_05103024DC -- U.S. Capitol -- State tribute for Rosa Parks
The line to get in was about 5 hours.
2019_DC_Capitol_Tour_1911062DC -- U.S. Capitol -- Tour from Steve Livengood
2024_02_08F3_Cap_Ukraine6DC -- U.S. Capitol -- Ukrainian protest
1979_DC_CapitolV2DC -- U.S. Capitol -- Views from...
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2011_DC_Harvest_110616132DC -- U.S. Capitol -- "The Harvest" premier (w/Eva Longoria)
Join actor Eva Longoria at a reception and special screening of the documentary "The Harvest."
Actor and activist Eva Longoria, executive producer of "The Harvest / La Cosecha," U.S. Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard, and MALDEF to announce push for stronger child labor laws for farmworkers.
THE HARVEST/LA...
1981_DC_Capitol_Grounds4DC -- U.S. Capitol Grounds
2005_DC_Capitol_Grounds5DC -- U.S. Capitol Grounds
2006_DC_Capitol_Grounds7DC -- U.S. Capitol Grounds
2007_DC_Capitol_Grounds1DC -- U.S. Capitol Grounds
2008_DC_Capitol_Grounds13DC -- U.S. Capitol Grounds
2009_DC_Capitol_Grounds9DC -- U.S. Capitol Grounds
2012_DC_Capitol_Grounds6DC -- U.S. Capitol Grounds
2015_DC_Capitol_Grounds2DC -- U.S. Capitol Grounds
2016_DC_Capitol_Grounds8DC -- U.S. Capitol Grounds
2017_DC_Capitol_Grounds7DC -- U.S. Capitol Grounds
2018_DC_Capitol_Grounds10DC -- U.S. Capitol Grounds
2021_DC_Capitol_Grounds8DC -- U.S. Capitol Grounds
2023_DC_Capitol_Grounds4DC -- U.S. Capitol Grounds
2024_02_13A4_Capitol_Grounds2DC -- U.S. Capitol Grounds
1997_DC_CapitolX29DC -- U.S. Capitol Grounds -- Christmas Tree (1997)
Tree: Black Hills Spruce from Black Hills National Forest, South Dakota
2001_DC_CapitolX17DC -- U.S. Capitol Grounds -- Christmas Tree (2001)
2001 -- White Spruce -- 72 feet (22 m) -- Ottawa National Forest -- Michigan -- Known as "The Tree of Hope," the tree was lit by Dennis Hastert at 5 pm on December 11 in a ceremony on the West Front Lawn of the Capitol. The tree was hand picked by Architect of the Capitol landscape architect Matthew...
2002_DC_CapitolX16DC -- U.S. Capitol Grounds -- Christmas Tree (2002)
2002 -- Douglas Fir -- 70 feet (21 m) -- Umpqua National Forest -- Oregon -- The tree was lit by Dennis Hastert on December 12 in a ceremony including performances by the United States Navy Band, the Umpqua Singers from Umpqua Community College, and the Congressional Chorus. Decorated with 6,000...
2003_DC_CapitolX15DC -- U.S. Capitol Grounds -- Christmas Tree (2003)
2003 -- Engelmann Spruce -- 70 feet (21 m) -- Boise National Forest -- Idaho -- The tree was lit by Dennis Hastert on December 11 in a ceremony on the West Front Lawn including performances by the United States Army Band, the Snake River High School Chamber Choir from Blackfoot, Idaho, and the...
2005_DC_CapitolX11DC -- U.S. Capitol Grounds -- Christmas Tree (2005)
2005 -- Engelmann Spruce -- 65 feet (20 m) -- Santa Fe National Forest -- New Mexico -- The tree was lit by Dennis Hastert, assisted by eight-year-old Steven Castillo from Santa Fe, at 5 pm on December 8 in a ceremony including music performed by the United States Marine Band. Felled in early November,...
2006_DC_CapitolX17DC -- U.S. Capitol Grounds -- Christmas Tree (2006)
2006 -- Pacific Silver Fir -- 65 feet (20 m) -- Olympic National Forest -- Washington -- The tree was lit by Dennis Hastert, assisted by eight-year-old Micah Joe from Bremerton, at 5 pm on December 6. Felled in early November, the tree arrived at the West Front Lawn of the Capitol on November 27. 3,000...
2007_DC_CapitolX6DC -- U.S. Capitol Grounds -- Christmas Tree (2007)
2007 -- Balsam Fir -- 55 feet (17 m) -- Green Mountain National Forest -- Vermont -- A 55-foot fir, the tree was decorated exclusively with LEDs and some 4,500 ornaments crafted and donated by the people of Vermont reflecting the theme Bringing an Old Fashioned Holiday to the Nation.”[9]
2008_DC_CapitolX61DC -- U.S. Capitol Grounds -- Christmas Tree (2008)
2008 -- Subalpine Fir -- 70 feet (21 m) -- Bitterroot National Forest -- Montana -- The tree was decorated with more than 5,000 ornaments displaying the theme "Sharing Montana's Treasures" by showcasing the state's heritage, historical events, and natural resources. The ornaments were crafted and...
2009_DC_CapitolX57DC -- U.S. Capitol Grounds -- Christmas Tree (2009)
2009 -- Blue Spruce -- 85 feet (26 m) -- Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests -- Arizona -- Joined by Kaitlyn Ferencik, from Canyon Ridge Elementary School in Surprise, Arizona, Nancy Pelosi lit the tree in a ceremony on December 8. The tree was felled in early November, and delivered to Washington on...
2010_DC_CapitolX44DC -- U.S. Capitol Grounds -- Christmas Tree (2010)
2010 -- Engelmann Spruce -- 67 feet (20 m) -- Bridger-Teton National Forest -- Wyoming -- Lit by Nancy Pelosi on December 7. Decorated with approximately 5,000 ornaments, showcasing the tree's theme "Wyoming: Forever West," made by people from across Wyoming. The entire tree was decorated using strands...
2011_DC_CapitolX119DC -- U.S. Capitol Grounds -- Christmas Tree (2011)
2011 -- Sierra White Fir -- 63 feet (19 m) -- Stanislaus National Forest -- California -- Lit by John Boehner on December 6. Decorated with approximately 3,000 ornaments, showcasing the tree's theme "California Shines," made by people from across California. The entire tree was decorated using strands...
2012_DC_CapitolX10DC -- U.S. Capitol Grounds -- Christmas Tree (2012)
2012 -- Engelmann Spruce -- 73 feet (22 m) -- White River National Forest -- Colorado -- The 2012 theme 'Celebrating Our Great Outdoors' will be highlighted in the decoration of the tree. It is expected to be lit by Speaker John Boehner during a ceremony in early December.
2013_DC_CapitolX26DC -- U.S. Capitol Grounds -- Christmas Tree (2013)
2013 -- Engelmann Spruce -- 88 feet (27 m) -- Colville National Forest -- Washington -- Second-tallest tree ever used at the Capitol; theme is "Sharing Washington's Good Nature"; lit 5 pm Tues., Dec. 3; decorated with 5,000 handmade children's ornaments; passed through TX, AR, TN, VA, PA, & MD.
2015_DC_CapitolX42DC -- U.S. Capitol Grounds -- Christmas Tree (2015)
2015 -- Lutz Spruce -- 74 feet (23 m) -- Chugach National Forest -- Alaska -- The first Capitol Christmas Tree from Alaska.
2016_DC_CapitolX11DC -- U.S. Capitol Grounds -- Christmas Tree (2016)
2016 -- Engelmann Spruce -- 84 feet (26 m) -- Payette National Forest -- Idaho -- The tree will be lit at a public ceremony on Dec. 6. Thousands of LED lights and 6,000 ornaments made by children in Idaho will hang on the tree. The ornaments represent things relevant to Idaho, including salmon and pine...
2017_DC_CapitolX106DC -- U.S. Capitol Grounds -- Christmas Tree (2017, plus tail-end shots from 2016)
2017 -- Engelmann Spruce -- 79 feet (24 m) -- Kootenai National Forest -- Montana

2016 -- Engelmann Spruce -- 84 feet (26 m) -- Payette National Forest -- Idaho -- The tree will be lit at a public ceremony on Dec. 6. Thousands of LED lights and 6,000 ornaments made by children in Idaho will hang on...
2019_DC_CapitolX57DC -- U.S. Capitol Grounds -- Christmas Tree (2019)
2020_DC_CapitolX18DC -- U.S. Capitol Grounds -- Christmas Tree (2020)
2021_DC_CapitolX101DC -- U.S. Capitol Grounds -- Christmas Tree (2021)
2022_DC_CapitolX79DC -- U.S. Capitol Grounds -- Christmas Tree (2022)
2023_DC_CapitolX13DC -- U.S. Capitol Grounds -- Christmas Tree (2023)
2001_DC_Garfield_Mem4DC -- U.S. Capitol Grounds -- James A. Garfield Monument
2005_DC_Garfield_Mem10DC -- U.S. Capitol Grounds -- James A. Garfield Monument
2007_DC_Garfield_Mem8DC -- U.S. Capitol Grounds -- James A. Garfield Monument
2009_DC_Garfield_Mem14DC -- U.S. Capitol Grounds -- James A. Garfield Monument
2012_DC_Garfield_Mem18DC -- U.S. Capitol Grounds -- James A. Garfield Monument
2016_DC_Garfield_Mem2DC -- U.S. Capitol Grounds -- James A. Garfield Monument
2017_DC_Garfield_Mem1DC -- U.S. Capitol Grounds -- James A. Garfield Monument
1997_DC_Peace_Mon10DC -- U.S. Capitol Grounds -- Peace Monument (Civil War Sailors Monument) (1st and Penn, NW)
1999_DC_Peace_Mon2DC -- U.S. Capitol Grounds -- Peace Monument (Civil War Sailors Monument) (1st and Penn, NW)
2005_DC_Peace_Mon10DC -- U.S. Capitol Grounds -- Peace Monument (Civil War Sailors Monument) (1st and Penn, NW)
2006_DC_Peace_Mon10DC -- U.S. Capitol Grounds -- Peace Monument (Civil War Sailors Monument) (1st and Penn, NW)
2008_DC_Peace_Mon7DC -- U.S. Capitol Grounds -- Peace Monument (Civil War Sailors Monument) (1st and Penn, NW)
2010_DC_Peace_Mon2DC -- U.S. Capitol Grounds -- Peace Monument (Civil War Sailors Monument) (1st and Penn, NW)
2013_DC_Peace_Mon11DC -- U.S. Capitol Grounds -- Peace Monument (Civil War Sailors Monument) (1st and Penn, NW)
2016_DC_Peace_Mon3DC -- U.S. Capitol Grounds -- Peace Monument (Civil War Sailors Monument) (1st and Penn, NW)
2017_DC_Peace_Mon5DC -- U.S. Capitol Grounds -- Peace Monument (Civil War Sailors Monument) (1st and Penn, NW)
2018_DC_Peace_Mon3DC -- U.S. Capitol Grounds -- Peace Monument (Civil War Sailors Monument) (1st and Penn, NW)
2020_DC_Peace_Mon13DC -- U.S. Capitol Grounds -- Peace Monument (Civil War Sailors Monument) (1st and Penn, NW)
2021_DC_Peace_Mon6DC -- U.S. Capitol Grounds -- Peace Monument (Civil War Sailors Monument) (1st and Penn, NW)
2023_DC_Peace_Mon11DC -- U.S. Capitol Grounds -- Peace Monument (Civil War Sailors Monument) (1st and Penn, NW)
2006_DC_Capitol_SenatePk4DC -- U.S. Capitol Grounds -- Senate Park (Fountain, Reflecting Pool)
2009_DC_Capitol_SenatePk19DC -- U.S. Capitol Grounds -- Senate Park (Fountain, Reflecting Pool)
2011_DC_Capitol_SenatePk9DC -- U.S. Capitol Grounds -- Senate Park (Fountain, Reflecting Pool)
2013_DC_Capitol_SenatePk10DC -- U.S. Capitol Grounds -- Senate Park (Fountain, Reflecting Pool)
2015_DC_Capitol_SenatePk10DC -- U.S. Capitol Grounds -- Senate Park (Fountain, Reflecting Pool)
2017_DC_Capitol_SenatePk13DC -- U.S. Capitol Grounds -- Senate Park (Fountain, Reflecting Pool)
2018_DC_Capitol_SenatePk3DC -- U.S. Capitol Grounds -- Senate Park (Fountain, Reflecting Pool)
2019_DC_Capitol_SenatePk5DC -- U.S. Capitol Grounds -- Senate Park (Fountain, Reflecting Pool)
2021_DC_Capitol_SenatePk29DC -- U.S. Capitol Grounds -- Senate Park (Fountain, Reflecting Pool)
2022_DC_Capitol_SenatePk21DC -- U.S. Capitol Grounds -- Senate Park (Fountain, Reflecting Pool)
2023_DC_Capitol_SenatePk22DC -- U.S. Capitol Grounds -- Senate Park (Fountain, Reflecting Pool)
2014_DC_Capitol_Signs9DC -- U.S. Capitol Grounds -- Signs
2015_DC_Capitol_Signs4DC -- U.S. Capitol Grounds -- Signs
2016_DC_Capitol_Signs8DC -- U.S. Capitol Grounds -- Signs
2017_DC_Capitol_Signs32DC -- U.S. Capitol Grounds -- Signs
2018_DC_Capitol_Signs17DC -- U.S. Capitol Grounds -- Signs
2020_DC_Capitol_Signs8DC -- U.S. Capitol Grounds -- Signs
1979_DC_Grant_Mem1DC -- U.S. Capitol Grounds -- Ulysses S. Grant Memorial
1997_DC_Grant_Mem43DC -- U.S. Capitol Grounds -- Ulysses S. Grant Memorial
1998_DC_Grant_Mem19DC -- U.S. Capitol Grounds -- Ulysses S. Grant Memorial
1999_DC_Grant_Mem16DC -- U.S. Capitol Grounds -- Ulysses S. Grant Memorial
2000_DC_Grant_Mem6DC -- U.S. Capitol Grounds -- Ulysses S. Grant Memorial
2002_DC_Grant_Mem7DC -- U.S. Capitol Grounds -- Ulysses S. Grant Memorial
2004_DC_Grant_Mem2DC -- U.S. Capitol Grounds -- Ulysses S. Grant Memorial
2005_DC_Grant_Mem8DC -- U.S. Capitol Grounds -- Ulysses S. Grant Memorial
2006_DC_Grant_Mem9DC -- U.S. Capitol Grounds -- Ulysses S. Grant Memorial
2007_DC_Grant_Mem1DC -- U.S. Capitol Grounds -- Ulysses S. Grant Memorial
2008_DC_Grant_Mem15DC -- U.S. Capitol Grounds -- Ulysses S. Grant Memorial
2009_DC_Grant_Mem51DC -- U.S. Capitol Grounds -- Ulysses S. Grant Memorial
2010_DC_Grant_Mem15DC -- U.S. Capitol Grounds -- Ulysses S. Grant Memorial
2011_DC_Grant_Mem22DC -- U.S. Capitol Grounds -- Ulysses S. Grant Memorial
2012_DC_Grant_Mem48DC -- U.S. Capitol Grounds -- Ulysses S. Grant Memorial
2015_DC_Grant_Mem35DC -- U.S. Capitol Grounds -- Ulysses S. Grant Memorial
2016_DC_Grant_Mem23DC -- U.S. Capitol Grounds -- Ulysses S. Grant Memorial
The scaffolding's finally down!
2017_DC_Grant_Mem33DC -- U.S. Capitol Grounds -- Ulysses S. Grant Memorial
2018_DC_Grant_Mem21DC -- U.S. Capitol Grounds -- Ulysses S. Grant Memorial
I wanted to get some shots of the Capitol tree in the background. The Capitol dome worked out pretty well too.
2020_DC_Grant_Mem6DC -- U.S. Capitol Grounds -- Ulysses S. Grant Memorial
I didn't realize they had put up duck ramps around the reflecting pool.
2021_DC_Grant_Mem4DC -- U.S. Capitol Grounds -- Ulysses S. Grant Memorial
2022_DC_Grant_Mem5DC -- U.S. Capitol Grounds -- Ulysses S. Grant Memorial
Ducks.
2023_DC_Grant_Mem4DC -- U.S. Capitol Grounds -- Ulysses S. Grant Memorial
2008_DC_Capitol_VC48DC -- U.S. Capitol Visitor Center (Emancipation Hall)
Finally, it's open! The visitor center for the capitol cost twice as much to build as the entire Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center (the Smithsonian's Air and Space Museum annex out at Dulles) did.
2009_DC_Capitol_VC44DC -- U.S. Capitol Visitor Center (Emancipation Hall)
2011_DC_Capitol_VC36DC -- U.S. Capitol Visitor Center (Emancipation Hall)
2012_DC_Capitol_VC18DC -- U.S. Capitol Visitor Center (Emancipation Hall)
2013_DC_Capitol_VC8DC -- U.S. Capitol Visitor Center (Emancipation Hall)
2016_DC_Capitol_VC1DC -- U.S. Capitol Visitor Center (Emancipation Hall)
2017_DC_Capitol_VC8DC -- U.S. Capitol Visitor Center (Emancipation Hall)
2019_DC_Capitol_VC30DC -- U.S. Capitol Visitor Center (Emancipation Hall)
Guide Steve Livengood said that the Washakie statue was his favorite so I decided to photograph it a bit.
2022_DC_Capitol_VC107DC -- U.S. Capitol Visitor Center (Emancipation Hall)
2023_DC_Capitol_VC5DC -- U.S. Capitol Visitor Center (Emancipation Hall)
1956_DC_Capitol3DC -- U.S. Capitol (exterior)
1971_DC_Capitol1DC -- U.S. Capitol (exterior)
1979_DC_Capitol8DC -- U.S. Capitol (exterior)
1980_DC_Capitol4DC -- U.S. Capitol (exterior)
1981_DC_Capitol1DC -- U.S. Capitol (exterior)
1997_DC_Capitol74DC -- U.S. Capitol (exterior)
1998_DC_Capitol27DC -- U.S. Capitol (exterior)
1999_DC_Capitol52DC -- U.S. Capitol (exterior)
2000_DC_Capitol43DC -- U.S. Capitol (exterior)
2001_DC_Capitol1DC -- U.S. Capitol (exterior)
2002_DC_Capitol41DC -- U.S. Capitol (exterior)
The view of the Capitol from the Mall is still largely unobstructed. The opposite side, however, is cluttered by the construction of the Capitol Visitor Center (CVC) which was pushed along after that idiot shot his way into the building in the 1990's. The CVC will end up being a below-ground facility so...
2003_DC_Capitol5DC -- U.S. Capitol (exterior)
2004_DC_Capitol9DC -- U.S. Capitol (exterior)
2005_DC_Capitol8DC -- U.S. Capitol (exterior)
2006_DC_Capitol18DC -- U.S. Capitol (exterior)
2007_DC_Capitol16DC -- U.S. Capitol (exterior)
2008_DC_Capitol85DC -- U.S. Capitol (exterior)
Including some of my favorite pictures of the year -- the US Grant Monument with the Capitol behind it on a foggy night.
2009_DC_Capitol107DC -- U.S. Capitol (exterior)
Including after a snowfall.
2010_DC_Capitol10DC -- U.S. Capitol (exterior)
2011_DC_Capitol46DC -- U.S. Capitol (exterior)
2012_DC_Capitol27DC -- U.S. Capitol (exterior)
Including several photos of (unknown) groups.
2013_DC_Capitol26DC -- U.S. Capitol (exterior)
Full moon rises.
2014_DC_Capitol21DC -- U.S. Capitol (exterior)
2015_DC_Capitol13DC -- U.S. Capitol (exterior)
2016_DC_Capitol67DC -- U.S. Capitol (exterior)
2017_DC_Capitol80DC -- U.S. Capitol (exterior)
2018_DC_Capitol17DC -- U.S. Capitol (exterior)
2019_DC_Capitol20DC -- U.S. Capitol (exterior)
2020_DC_Capitol57DC -- U.S. Capitol (exterior)
Including half-staff flag for RBG. The child president had not done that at the White House.
2021_DC_Capitol99DC -- U.S. Capitol (exterior)
2022_DC_Capitol45DC -- U.S. Capitol (exterior)
2023_DC_Capitol56DC -- U.S. Capitol (exterior)
Including scaffolding around the liberty statue.
2024_02_03A3_Capitol6DC -- U.S. Capitol (exterior)
2024_02_13A2_Capitol14DC -- U.S. Capitol (exterior)
2024_03_13B3_Capitol1DC -- U.S. Capitol (exterior)
2018_DC_CapitolX55DC -- U.S. Capitol (exterior) -- Christmas Tree (2018)
2018 -- Noble Fir -- 82 feet (25 m) -- Willamette National Forest -- Oregon
The tradition of the Capitol Christmas Tree, or "The People’s Tree," began in 1964 when Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives John W. McCormack (D-MA) placed a live Christmas tree on the Capitol lawn. This tree lived...
2009_DC_Capitol_GrpPhoto10DC -- U.S. Capitol (exterior) -- Group photos
2012_DC_Capitol_GrpPhoto6DC -- U.S. Capitol (exterior) -- Group photos
Including several photos of (unknown) groups.
2016_DC_Capitol_GrpPhoto4DC -- U.S. Capitol (exterior) -- Group photos
2017_DC_Capitol_GrpPhoto2DC -- U.S. Capitol (exterior) -- Group photos
2018_DC_Capitol_GrpPhoto4DC -- U.S. Capitol (exterior) -- Group photos
Two group photographs including one with Congressman Jim Costa.
2019_DC_Capitol_GrpPhoto2DC -- U.S. Capitol (exterior) -- Group photos
I have no idea what group this was but people were posing...
2020_DC_Capitol_GrpPhoto4DC -- U.S. Capitol (exterior) -- Group photos
2021_DC_Capitol_GrpPhoto3DC -- U.S. Capitol (exterior) -- Group photos
2002_DC_Capitol_Models8DC -- U.S. Capitol (interior) -- Capitol Grounds Models
2007_DC_Capitol_Models3DC -- U.S. Capitol (interior) -- Capitol Grounds Models
2019_DC_Capitol_Models100DC -- U.S. Capitol (interior) -- Capitol Grounds Models
2022_DC_Capitol_Models45DC -- U.S. Capitol (interior) -- Capitol Grounds Models
2007_DC_Capitol_C7DC -- U.S. Capitol (interior) -- Crypt
2008_DC_Capitol_C18DC -- U.S. Capitol (interior) -- Crypt
2011_DC_Capitol_C12DC -- U.S. Capitol (interior) -- Crypt
2013_DC_Capitol_C32DC -- U.S. Capitol (interior) -- Crypt
2014_DC_Capitol_C16DC -- U.S. Capitol (interior) -- Crypt
2016_DC_Capitol_C28DC -- U.S. Capitol (interior) -- Crypt
2017_DC_Capitol_C18DC -- U.S. Capitol (interior) -- Crypt
2022_DC_Capitol_EH283DC -- U.S. Capitol (interior) -- Exhibition Hall
I had never spent much time in the exhibition hall because they didn't allow photography. When I popped in this time, though, people had their iPhones out and no one was stopping them. I asked a visitor services person about the no-photo rule and she said it was currently being reevaluated. She said...
2024_02_13A3_Capitol_I_SRRm8DC -- U.S. Capitol (interior) -- House Reception Room [Sam Rayburn Room]
2007_DC_Capitol_Westward5DC -- U.S. Capitol (interior) -- House Westward Expansion Corridor Murals
2011_DC_Capitol_Westward134DC -- U.S. Capitol (interior) -- House Westward Expansion Corridor Murals
Steve Livengood, Chief Guide, US Capitol Historical Society, gave me a tour of the murals in the House wing of the Capitol. I had read about the new Westward Expansion Corridor in the Society's quarterly publication and asked how I could see them since they weren't on a regular tour route. Steve...
2017_DC_Capitol_Westward6DC -- U.S. Capitol (interior) -- House Westward Expansion Corridor Murals
2023_DC_Capitol_Westward33DC -- U.S. Capitol (interior) -- House Westward Expansion Corridor Murals
1997_DC_Capitol_I4DC -- U.S. Capitol (interior) -- Miscellaneous areas
1999_DC_Capitol_I18DC -- U.S. Capitol (interior) -- Miscellaneous areas
2007_DC_Capitol_I10DC -- U.S. Capitol (interior) -- Miscellaneous areas
2008_DC_Capitol_I5DC -- U.S. Capitol (interior) -- Miscellaneous areas
2011_DC_Capitol_I16DC -- U.S. Capitol (interior) -- Miscellaneous areas
2012_DC_Capitol_I17DC -- U.S. Capitol (interior) -- Miscellaneous areas
2013_DC_Capitol_I9DC -- U.S. Capitol (interior) -- Miscellaneous areas
2015_DC_Capitol_I5DC -- U.S. Capitol (interior) -- Miscellaneous areas
2016_DC_Capitol_I24DC -- U.S. Capitol (interior) -- Miscellaneous areas
2017_DC_Capitol_I112DC -- U.S. Capitol (interior) -- Miscellaneous areas
2018_DC_Capitol_I16DC -- U.S. Capitol (interior) -- Miscellaneous areas
2019_DC_Capitol_I14DC -- U.S. Capitol (interior) -- Miscellaneous areas
2022_DC_Capitol_I66DC -- U.S. Capitol (interior) -- Miscellaneous areas
2023_DC_Capitol_I69DC -- U.S. Capitol (interior) -- Miscellaneous areas
1999_DC_Capitol_NSH6DC -- U.S. Capitol (interior) -- National Statuary Hall
2002_DC_Capitol_NSH11DC -- U.S. Capitol (interior) -- National Statuary Hall
2007_DC_Capitol_NSH29DC -- U.S. Capitol (interior) -- National Statuary Hall
2008_DC_Capitol_NSH36DC -- U.S. Capitol (interior) -- National Statuary Hall
2011_DC_Capitol_NSH23DC -- U.S. Capitol (interior) -- National Statuary Hall
2012_DC_Capitol_NSH16DC -- U.S. Capitol (interior) -- National Statuary Hall
2013_DC_Capitol_NSH78DC -- U.S. Capitol (interior) -- National Statuary Hall
Including the new Rosa Parks statue.
2014_DC_Capitol_NSH32DC -- U.S. Capitol (interior) -- National Statuary Hall
2015_DC_Capitol_NSH3DC -- U.S. Capitol (interior) -- National Statuary Hall
2016_DC_Capitol_NSH27DC -- U.S. Capitol (interior) -- National Statuary Hall
2017_DC_Capitol_NSH57DC -- U.S. Capitol (interior) -- National Statuary Hall
2019_DC_Capitol_NSH30DC -- U.S. Capitol (interior) -- National Statuary Hall
Steve Livengood took us to see the Sam Houston statue up close after a USCHS talk by Jacquelyn Delin McDonald about the statue's artist Elisabet Ney.
2022_DC_Capitol_NSH36DC -- U.S. Capitol (interior) -- National Statuary Hall
2023_DC_Capitol_NSH8DC -- U.S. Capitol (interior) -- National Statuary Hall
2022_DC_Capitol_OSC27DC -- U.S. Capitol (interior) -- Old Senate Chamber (1819-1859) / Supreme Court Chamber (1860-1935)
2002_DC_Capitol_SC2DC -- U.S. Capitol (interior) -- Old Supreme Court Chamber (1810-1860)
2007_DC_Capitol_SC6DC -- U.S. Capitol (interior) -- Old Supreme Court Chamber (1810-1860)
2008_DC_Capitol_SC5DC -- U.S. Capitol (interior) -- Old Supreme Court Chamber (1810-1860)
2012_DC_Capitol_SC16DC -- U.S. Capitol (interior) -- Old Supreme Court Chamber (1810-1860)
2016_DC_Capitol_SC20DC -- U.S. Capitol (interior) -- Old Supreme Court Chamber (1810-1860)
1997_DC_Capitol_R16DC -- U.S. Capitol (interior) -- Rotunda
1999_DC_Capitol_R32DC -- U.S. Capitol (interior) -- Rotunda
2002_DC_Capitol_R27DC -- U.S. Capitol (interior) -- Rotunda
2007_DC_Capitol_R30DC -- U.S. Capitol (interior) -- Rotunda
2008_DC_Capitol_R47DC -- U.S. Capitol (interior) -- Rotunda
2011_DC_Capitol_R37DC -- U.S. Capitol (interior) -- Rotunda
2012_DC_Capitol_R32DC -- U.S. Capitol (interior) -- Rotunda
2013_DC_Capitol_R130DC -- U.S. Capitol (interior) -- Rotunda
2014_DC_Capitol_R62DC -- U.S. Capitol (interior) -- Rotunda
2015_DC_Capitol_R17DC -- U.S. Capitol (interior) -- Rotunda
2016_DC_Captiol_R69DC -- U.S. Capitol (interior) -- Rotunda
2017_DC_Capitol_R65DC -- U.S. Capitol (interior) -- Rotunda
2019_DC_Capitol_R42DC -- U.S. Capitol (interior) -- Rotunda
2022_DC_Capitol_R72DC -- U.S. Capitol (interior) -- Rotunda
2012_DC_Capitol_Brumidi82DC -- U.S. Capitol (interior) -- Senate Brumidi Corridor
2017_DC_Capitol_Brumidi254DC -- U.S. Capitol (interior) -- Senate Brumidi Corridor
Halls of the Senate
Discover the beautifully decorated Senate corridors in this intimate look at the work of Italian-born artist Constantino Brumidi. 30-minute tour to an area not visited on the Capitol Tour.
1999_DC_Capitol_Amateis13DC -- U.S. Capitol (interior) -- Special: Amateis Doors
2011_DC_Capitol_Amateis2DC -- U.S. Capitol (interior) -- Special: Amateis Doors
2017_DC_Capitol_Amateis13DC -- U.S. Capitol (interior) -- Special: Amateis Doors
2023_DC_Capitol_Amateis4DC -- U.S. Capitol (interior) -- Special: Amateis Doors
2015_DC_Capitol_LincolnRm18DC -- U.S. Capitol (interior) -- Special: Lincoln Room
2019_DC_Capitol_LincolnRm33DC -- U.S. Capitol (interior) -- Special: Lincoln Room
1997_DC_Capitol_Erie5DC -- U.S. Capitol (interior) -- Special: Painting: Battle of Lake Erie
1999_DC_Capitol_Erie7DC -- U.S. Capitol (interior) -- Special: Painting: Battle of Lake Erie
2017_DC_Capitol_Erie7DC -- U.S. Capitol (interior) -- Special: Painting: Battle of Lake Erie
Battle of Lake Erie, by William Henry Powell, 1865
The frame of this monumental painting is made from 20- and 30-foot long pieces of wood. The painting itself commemorates the moment when Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry transferred his flag from his damaged flagship at the Battle of Lake Erie during the...
2014_DC_LOC_SorensenP_140429110Library of Congress -- Ceremony: Herblock Prize (2014): Jen Sorensen -- Presentation (w/Bob Woodward)
The Herb Block Foundation cordially invites you to The Herblock Prize Award Ceremony & Lecture.
Prize Winner: Jen Sorensen
Lecturer: Bob Woodward
Finalist: Clay Bennett, Editorial Cartoonist for The Chattanooga Times Free Press

Jen Sorensen, 2014 Herblock Prize Winner!
March 4, 2014
For...
2014_DC_LOC_SorensenR_140429150Library of Congress -- Ceremony: Herblock Prize (2014): Jen Sorensen -- Reception
The reception after the formal presentation. Good times had by all!
Folks here include: Jen Sorensen, Bob Woodward, Steve Artley, Mike Jenkins, Joe Sutliff, Clay Bennett, Barbara Dale, Warren Bernard, Matt Wuerker, Mike Rhode, Joe Carabeo, Carolyn Belefski, Nick Galifianakis, Michael Cavna, Tom Toles,...
2015_DC_Kal_Exhibit_15050715Library of Congress -- Ceremony: Herblock Prize (2015): Kevin Kallaugher -- Exhibit
2015_DC_Kal_P_15050762Library of Congress -- Ceremony: Herblock Prize (2015): Kevin Kallaugher -- Presentation (w/Donald E. Graham)
The Herb Block Foundation cordially invites you to The Herblock Prize Award Ceremony & Lecture.
Prize Winner: Kevin Kallaugher (KAL)
Lecturer: Donald E. Graham
Finalist: Mike Luckovich, Editorial Cartoonist for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Kevin Kallaugher (Kal)
Editorial cartoonist for The...
2015_DC_Kal_R_150507142Library of Congress -- Ceremony: Herblock Prize (2015): Kevin Kallaugher -- Reception
Folks here include: Michael Cavna, Teresa Roberts Logan, Tom Toles, Joe Carabeo, Carolyn Belefski, Steve Artley, Gwen Ifill, George Stevens Jr., Matt Wuerker, Donald Graham, Clarence Page, ???, Kevin Kallaugher, Ann Telnaes, Joe Sutliff, Donna Lewis, Amy Lago, Mike Rhode, and Barry Blitt.
2016_DC_FioreP_16052473Library of Congress -- Ceremony: Herblock Prize (2016): Mark Fiore -- Presentation (w/Mark Shields)
The Herb Block Foundation cordially invites you to The Herblock Prize Award Ceremony & Lecture.
Prize Winner: Mark Fiore
Lecturer: Mark Shields
Finalist: Ken Fisher, AKA Ruben Bolling, Author of the Weekly Comic Strip “Tom the Dancing Bug”

Presenters in sequence:
* David Mao, Acting Librarian of...
2016_DC_FioreR_16052494Library of Congress -- Ceremony: Herblock Prize (2016): Mark Fiore -- Reception (and anything non-program)
THE HERB BLOCK FOUNDATION cordially invites you to Award Ceremony & Lecture
Lecturer -- Mark Shields
Prize Winner -- Mark Fiore
2017_DC_BollingP_17032972Library of Congress -- Ceremony: Herblock Prize (2017): Ruben Bolling -- Presentation (w/John Lewis)
The Herb Block Foundation cordially invites you to The Herblock Prize Award Ceremony & Lecture.
Prize Winner: Ruben Bolling
Lecturer: Representative John Lewis
Finalist: Marty Two Bulls Sr., a freelance cartoonist who has drawn for the Indian Country Today Media Network.

Speakers in sequence:
*...
2017_DC_BollingR_170329107Library of Congress -- Ceremony: Herblock Prize (2017): Ruben Bolling -- Reception
THE HERB BLOCK FOUNDATION cordially invites you to Award Ceremony & Lecture
Lecturer: Representative John Lewis
Prize Winner: Ruben Bolling
Finalist: Marty Two Bulls Sr., a freelance cartoonist who has drawn for the Indian Country Today Media Network.

Folks photographs outside of the program...
2018_DC_SuttonP_180509102Library of Congress -- Ceremony: Herblock Prize (2018) -- Ward Sutton -- Presentation (w/Scott Simon)
The Herb Block Foundation cordially invites you to The Herblock Prize Award Ceremony & Lecture.
Prize Winner: Ward Sutton
Lecturer: Scott Simon
Finalist: Steve Brodner, illustrator, caricaturist and political commentator

Speakers in sequence:
* Gayle Osterberg, Library of Congress
* Marcela...
2018_DC_SuttonR_180509120Library of Congress -- Ceremony: Herblock Prize (2018) -- Ward Sutton -- Reception
The Herb Block Foundation cordially invites you to The Herblock Prize Award Ceremony & Lecture.
Prize Winner: Ward Sutton
Lecturer: Scott Simon

Folks pictured here include (pretty much in sequence): Mike Rhode, Joe Sutliff, Mary Hadar, Kevin Klose (President Emeritus of NPR), Ryan Flanders, Sam...
2019_DC_DaviesP_19050281Library of Congress -- Ceremony: Herblock Prize (2019): Matt Davies -- Presentation (w/Jake Tapper)
The Herb Block Foundation cordially invites you to The Herblock Prize Award Ceremony & Lecture.
Prize Winner: Matt Davies
Lecturer: Jake Tapper
Finalist: Clay Jones, Self Syndicated

Matt Davies
Newsday
Matt Davies is the editorial cartoonist for Newsday in NY and has won both the 2004 Pulitzer...
2019_DC_DaviesR_190502124Library of Congress -- Ceremony: Herblock Prize (2019): Matt Davies -- Reception
The Herb Block Foundation cordially invites you to
THE HERBLOCK PRIZE
Award Ceremony & Lecture
Prize Winner: Matt Davies
Lecturer: Jake Tapper
Finalist: Clay Jones
Folks here include: Michael Cavna, Mark Shields, Joe Sutliff, Eric Shansby, Clarence Page, Lisa Page, Matt Davies, Matt Wuerker, Clay...
2022_DC_AlcarazP_220426218Library of Congress -- Ceremony: Herblock Prize (2022): Lalo Alcaraz -- Presentation (w/Michel Martin)
2022 Herblock Prize Award Ceremony & Lecture
2022 Prize Winner: Lalo Alcaraz
Finalist: Peter Kuper (who did not attend)
Lecturer: Michel Martin

Speakers in sequence:
* Helena Zinkham, Director for Collections & Services and Chief of the Prints and Photographs Division of the Library of...
2022_DC_AlcarazR_220426184Library of Congress -- Ceremony: Herblock Prize (2022): Lalo Alcaraz -- Reception
2022 Herblock Prize Award Ceremony & Lecture
2022 Prize Winner: Lalo Alcaraz
Finalist: Peter Kuper (who did not attend)
Lecturer: Michel Martin

Folks shown here include:
Eric Shansby, Mike Rhode, Michel Martin, Marcela Brane, Mike Jenkins, Signe Wilkinson, Rob Rogers, Carolyn Belefski, Matt...
2023_DC_TelnaesP_23050890Library of Congress -- Ceremony: Herblock Prize (2023): Ann Telnaes -- Presentation (w/Jamie Raskin)
The Herblock Prize
The Herb Block Foundation cordially invites you to the Herblock Prize Award Ceremony & Lecture.
Prize Winner: Ann Telnaes, Ann Telnaes. Editorial Cartoonist, The Washington Post
Lecturer: Representative Jamie Raskin
Prize Finalist: Michael Ramirez, Editorial Cartoonist, Las Vegas...
2023_DC_TelnaesR_230508196Library of Congress -- Ceremony: Herblock Prize (2023): Ann Telnaes -- Reception
The Herblock Prize
The Herb Block Foundation cordially invites you to the Herblock Prize Award Ceremony & Lecture.
Prize Winner: Ann Telnaes, Ann Telnaes. Editorial Cartoonist, The Washington Post
Lecturer: Representative Jamie Raskin
Prize Finalist: Michael Ramirez, Editorial Cartoonist, Las Vegas...
2008_DC_LOC_LL_Etc_08041221Library of Congress -- Ceremony: Living Legends 2008 miscellaneous
Setting up, the audience, people leaving.
2008_DC_LOC_LL_080412112Library of Congress -- Ceremony: Living Legends 2008 (Mario Andretti, Julian Bond, Herbie Hancock, David McCullough, Cokie Roberts, Frank Robinson, and Bob Schieffer)
Seven New “Living Legends” Honored on April 12 To Commemorate Launch of “Library of Congress Experience”
Public Enters Through Ornate Bronze Doors First Time Since 1990

The Library of Congress will honor seven new "Living Legends" as part of its public celebration on Saturday, April 12, at the...
2000_DC_LOC200_000424256Library of Congress -- Ceremony: Living Legends Bicentennial Ceremony
This was the 200th anniversary of the Library of Congress. During the celebration, they honored 78 "Living Legends." As their press release ( http://www.loc.gov/today/pr/2000/00-059.html ) said:

"During its year-long celebration of its Bicentennial, the Library of Congress is recognizing a number of...
2016_DC_LlosaC_16041173Library of Congress -- Ceremony: Living Legends Mario Vargas Llosa -- Ceremony
Library of Congress to Honor Mario Vargas Llosa:
Famed Peruvian Novelist to Receive Living Legend Award:

The Library of Congress will present its Living Legend award to Mario Vargas Llosa, the renowned Peruvian novelist, journalist, public intellectual and political commentator, at the Library’s...
2016_DC_LlosaP_16041173Library of Congress -- Ceremony: Living Legends Mario Vargas Llosa -- Panel: Novelists Speak
Library of Congress to Honor Mario Vargas Llosa:
Famed Peruvian Novelist to Receive Living Legend Award:
The Library of Congress will present its Living Legend award to Mario Vargas Llosa, the renowned Peruvian novelist, journalist, public intellectual and political commentator, at the Library’s...
2016_DC_Yang_160107152Library of Congress -- Ceremony: National Ambassador for Young People's Literature: Gene Luen Yang
Gene Luen Yang Named Fifth National Ambassador For Young People’s Literature, 2016–2017
Yang Champions Diversity with his Platform, “Reading Without Walls”
The Library of Congress, the Children’s Book Council (CBC) and Every Child a Reader (ECAR) have announced the appointment of Gene Luen Yang,...
2008_DC_LOCExp_Aud_08041253Library of Congress -- Ceremony: "Experience" debut (audience)
2008_DC_LOCExp_FM_08041224Library of Congress -- Ceremony: "Experience" debut (Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer)
2008_DC_LOCExp_DS_08041280Library of Congress -- Ceremony: "Experience" debut (Doc Scantlin)
Doc Scantlin and his Imperial Palms Orchestra have a web site of course: http://www.docscantlin.com
2008_DC_LOCExp_Ceremony_08041236Library of Congress -- Ceremony: "Experience" debut (misc ceremony)
The stage presentations were as follows:

- Welcome, Master of Ceremonies Tom Sherwood
- "The Star-Spangled Banner", Library of Congress Choir
- Singers Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer ...
2008_DC_LOCExp_08041219Library of Congress -- Ceremony: "Experience" debut (miscellaneous)
"Library of Congress Experience" Debuts April 12
Exhibits, Interactives Put Exciting World of Knowledge at Fingertips

The Library of Congress–the largest library in the world and the oldest U.S. federal cultural institution–on Saturday, April 12, debuts an immersive, new "Library of Congress...
2008_DC_LOCExp_PBS_08041241Library of Congress -- Ceremony: "Experience" debut (PBS characters)
Clifford the Dog, Curious George, and WordGirl.
2008_DC_LOCExp_MRR_08041225Library of Congress -- Ceremony: "Experience" debut (people in Main Reading Room)
During the "Library of Congress Experience" opening event, the Main Reading Room was available for public tours (and photography), something which until then hadn't been done very often.
2024_03_21D2_Taupin112Library of Congress -- Event: A Conversation with 2024 Gershwin Honoree Bernie Taupin
Live! at the Library: A Conversation with 2024 Gershwin Honoree Bernie Taupin
Part of Live at the Library
Join us for a conversation with 2024 Gershwin Honoree Bernie Taupin. Enjoy a pop-up display of collections related to the Gershwin Prize honorees from 5-7 p.m. in the Whittall Pavilion.
Gershwin... (Partially reviewed)
2024_03_13C1_Manhunt180Library of Congress -- Event: Advance Screening with Stars of Apple TV+ Series “Manhunt”
Library To Host an Advance Screening with Stars of Apple TV+ Series “Manhunt”
Special Event Includes Discussion of the Library’s Lincoln and Civil War Collections on Wednesday, March 13
The Library of Congress will host an early screening of the first episode of “Manhunt,” Apple’s upcoming seven-part... (Partially reviewed)
2022_DC_Ressa_22120364Library of Congress -- Event: An Evening w/ Nobel Peace Prize Winner Maria Ressa
Renowned international journalist Maria Ressa, the recipient of the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize, will talk about her new book, "How to Stand Up to a Dictator: The Fight for Our Future," with the Library's chief communications officer, Roswell Encina.
2019_DC_Pilkey_191011294Library of Congress -- Event: Dav Pilkey (Do Good Tour)
Come see Dav Pilkey talk about his books and his Do Good initiative!
Please join us for a special evening with Dav Pilkey, a Library of Congress National Book Festival Presents event.
International bestselling author/illustrator Dav Pilkey will appear at the Library of Congress on his Do Good Tour....
2022_DC_De_Jongh_220916188Library of Congress -- Event: Days of Sand: Small Press Expo Author Series (w/Aimée de Jongh)
Days of Sand: Small Press Expo Author Series
Join us in-person or remotely to hear author Aimée de Jongh discuss researching and creating her award-winning graphic novel Days of Sand, a story of the American Dust Bowl, as part of the Small Press Expo, Sept 17-18, Bethesda, Maryland.
2023_DC_LOC_MemberT_23063032Library of Congress -- Event: Friends of the Library dome tour
2023_DC_LOC_MemberT_23092251Library of Congress -- Event: Friends of the Library dome tour
2023_DC_Gershwin_2303014Library of Congress -- Event: Gershwin Prize
They didn't allow photos so these were just some crappy after-event images of the stage.
2023_DC_LOC_Holiday_231214201Library of Congress -- Event: Holiday Celebration
Holiday Celebration (And, no, I had already left before Mariah Carey made her appearance. Sigh.)
Part of Live at the Library
Celebrate the season with musical performances, festive refreshments, story time with Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden and view the Library’s Hanukkah Menorah and the lighting...
2024_04_09A2_Ghosts205Library of Congress -- Event: Library Hosts Cast Members of CBS Comedy Ghosts
Library Hosts Cast Members of CBS Comedy Ghosts
Event to Feature Panel with Asher Grodman, Danielle Pinnock, Richie Moriarty, Rebecca Wisocky, Román Zaragoza, Library Items Curated for Each Ghost’s Time Period and Special Episode Screening
The Library of Congress will host cast members from CBS’s hit... (Partially reviewed)
2022_DC_LOC_Flutes_22102051Library of Congress -- Event: Live! at the Library: Inside Our Flute Vault
Live! at the Library: Inside Our Flute Vault
For one night only, experience many of the treasures that Lizzo played during her recent visit to the Library, including President James Madison’s crystal flute. Plus, view flute music treasures and ask our music experts about the Library’s flute collection...
2023_DC_Free_XPress_230523192Library of Congress -- Event: The Fight for Free Expression: Defending Cartoonists Around the World
The Fight for Free Expression: Defending Cartoonists Around the World
Join award-winning campaigner Terry Anderson and a panel of experts to learn more about the global trends threatening cartoonists, and why satirical art matters. Learn about the efforts of the Cartoonist Rights Network International...
2022_DC_TSmith_22092093Library of Congress -- Event: Victory. Stand! A Legendary Act of Protest (w/Tommie Smith, Derrick Barnes, and Dawud Anyabwile)
Victory. Stand! A Legendary Act of Protest
Dr. Tommie Smith is known for one of the most famous acts of protest in American history during the 1968 Summer Olympics. Together with Dr. Smith, award-winning author Derrick Barnes and illustrator Dawud Anyabwile present their book “Victory. Stand! Raising...
2019_DC_Millard_19091842Library of Congress Kluge Center -- Author Salon: Candice Millard (James Garfield)
Please join the John W. Kluge Center and New York Times bestselling author Candice Millard for a discussion of the presidency, assassination, and 19th century medicine.
President James Garfield's is not the most famous assassination of a US president. But the story of his shooting and its aftermath is...
2020_DC_Bordewich_20031053Library of Congress Kluge Center -- Author Salon: Fergus Bordewich ("Congress at War")
Author Fergus Bordewich will be interviewed on his book "Congress at War."
Author and renowned scholar of congressional history Fergus Bordewich will be interviewed by Becky Brasington Clark, director of the Library of Congress Publishing Office, about Bordewich's book Congress at War, the story of...
2020_DC_Krastev_20021948Library of Congress Kluge Center -- Author Salon: Ivan Krastev ("The Light That Failed")
Ivan Krastev, recent Library of Congress Chair in International Relations, will discuss his forthcoming book, "The Light That Failed."
"The Light That Failed: Why the West Is Losing the Fight for Democracy," the new book by Ivan Krastev and Stephen Holmes, asks why the West, after winning the Cold...
2019_DC_White_19103056Library of Congress Kluge Center -- Author Salon: Ron White on Lessons from Lincoln and Grant
Kluge Center Author Salon: Ron White on Lessons from Lincoln and Grant
Assistant Deputy Librarian Colleen Shogan will interview author Ronald White, author of numerous books including biographies of Ulysses S. Grant and Abraham Lincoln, on leadership lessons from those famous lives, as well as the...
2020_DC_Schneider_20013040Library of Congress Kluge Center -- Author Salon: Susan Schneider ("Artificial You: AI and the Future of Your Mind")
A book talk with Blumberg NASA/Library of Congress Chair in Astrobiology, Exploration, and Scientific Innovation Susan Schneider.
Schneider's new book, Artificial You: AI and the Future of Your Mind is an exploration of what artificial intelligence can, and cannot, achieve.
Humans may not be Earth’s...
2015_DC_Ayers_15062481Library of Congress Kluge Center -- Event: Ed Ayers ("The Shape of the Civil War")
Edward L. Ayers, noted historian and president of the University of Richmond, will deliver a lecture titled "The Shape of the Civil War" on Wednesday, June 24 at 4 p.m.
Hosted by the John W. Kluge Center, the event will occur in room 119 on the first floor of the Library’s Thomas Jefferson Building, 10...
2019_DC_Berlin_Wall_19120535Library of Congress Kluge Center -- Event: Hope M. Harrison and Constanze Stelzenmüller ("The Fall of the Berlin Wall")
The Fall of the Berlin Wall and the Future of Democracy
Hope M. Harrison and Constanze Stelzenmüller will take part in a discussion moderated by Kluge Center Director John Haskell marking the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.
Harrison is an expert on the Berlin Wall, the Cold War, and...
2019_DC_100Years_19112152Library of Congress Kluge Center -- Event: Jane Junn and Christina Wolbrecht ("100 Years of Women Voting")
100 Years of Women Voting
Assistant Deputy Librarian Colleen Shogan will lead a panel discussion featuring two leading scholars on women and voting, University of Southern California’s Jane Junn, and University of Notre Dame’s Christina Wolbrecht. The conversation will focus on the 100 years of women...
2015_DC_Dudziak_15121058Library of Congress Kluge Center & National History Center -- Event: Mary Dudziak ("A Bullet in the Chamber")
“A Bullet in the Chamber: The Politics of Catastrophe and the Declaration of World War I”
As members of Congress gathered in April 1917 to decide whether to declare war on Germany, some legislators arrived with battle scars. For Civil War veterans, the memory of that catastrophic war would inform their...
2004_DC_NBF_Quindlen_0410092Natl Book Festival 2004 -- Anna Quindlen
2004_DC_NBF_Frommer_0410093Natl Book Festival 2004 -- Arthur Frommer
2004_DC_NBF_Nafisi_0410092Natl Book Festival 2004 -- Azar Nafisi ("Reading Lolita in Tehran")
Best-selling author ...
2004_DC_NBF_Bova_0410091Natl Book Festival 2004 -- Ben Bova ("Faint Echoes, Distant Stars")
Award-winning author ...
2004_DC_NBF_Roberts_0410094Natl Book Festival 2004 -- Cokie Roberts
2004_DC_NBF_Willis_0410092Natl Book Festival 2004 -- Connie Willis
2004_DC_NBF_Stabenow_0410092Natl Book Festival 2004 -- Dana Stabenow
2004_DC_NBF_Silva_0410092Natl Book Festival 2004 -- Daniel Silva
2004_DC_NBF_Lehman_0410091Natl Book Festival 2004 -- David Lehman
2004_DC_NBF_Brinkley_0410094Natl Book Festival 2004 -- Douglas Brinkley ("Tour of Duty")
Historian ...
2004_DC_NBF_Jones_0410091Natl Book Festival 2004 -- Edward P. Jones ("The Known World")
2004_DC_NBF_Cooper_0410093Natl Book Festival 2004 -- Floyd Cooper ("Jump!")
2004_DC_NBF_Pohl_0410095Natl Book Festival 2004 -- Frederik Pohl
Best-selling, award-winning science fiction author ...
2004_DC_NBF_Heloise_0410092Natl Book Festival 2004 -- Heloise
2004_DC_NBF_Black_0410091Natl Book Festival 2004 -- Holly Black ("The Wrath of the McGrath")
2004_DC_NBF_Caldwell_0410092Natl Book Festival 2004 -- Ian Caldwell & Dustin Thomason ("The Rule of Four")
2004_DC_NBF_Lehrer_0410092Natl Book Festival 2004 -- Jim and Kate Lehrer
Born in Wichita, Kan., ...
2004_DC_NBF_Lewis_0410092Natl Book Festival 2004 -- John Lewis
2004_DC_NBF_Oates_0410094Natl Book Festival 2004 -- Joyce Carol Oates
2004_DC_NBF_Abdul_Jabbar_0410093Natl Book Festival 2004 -- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar ("Brothers in Arms")
2004_DC_NBF_OConnor_0410092Natl Book Festival 2004 -- Kevin O’Connor and Tom Silva
2004_DC_NBF_Block_0410093Natl Book Festival 2004 -- Lawrence Block ("The Burglar on the Prowl")
2004_DC_NBF_Keno_0410092Natl Book Festival 2004 -- Leigh and Leslie Keno
2004_DC_NBF_Pastan_0410092Natl Book Festival 2004 -- Linda Pastan
2004_DC_NBF_Brown_0410094Natl Book Festival 2004 -- Marc Brown ("Wild About Books")
Author and illustrator ...
2004_DC_NBF_Misc_0410099Natl Book Festival 2004 -- Miscellaneous
2004_DC_NBF_Trethewey_0410091Natl Book Festival 2004 -- Natasha Trethewey and Tony DiTerlizzi
2004_DC_NBF_Stephenson_0410091Natl Book Festival 2004 -- Neal Stephenson
2004_DC_NBF_Gaiman_0410097Natl Book Festival 2004 -- Neil Gaiman ("The Wolves in the Walls" and "Coraline")
For more than 20 years, ...
2004_DC_NBF_OConnell_0410092Natl Book Festival 2004 -- Patrick O'Connell
2004_DC_NBF_Straub_0410092Natl Book Festival 2004 -- Peter Straub
2004_DC_NBF_Chernow_0410093Natl Book Festival 2004 -- Ron Chernow ("Alexander Hamilton")
Biographer ...
2004_DC_NBF_Stine_0410092Natl Book Festival 2004 -- R. L. Stine
2004_DC_NBF_Kooser_0410091Natl Book Festival 2004 -- Ted Kooser
2005_DC_NBF_Mitchell_0509245Natl Book Festival 2005 -- Andrea Mitchell
2005_DC_NBF_Carroll_0509244Natl Book Festival 2005 -- Andrew Carroll
2005_DC_NBF_Madden_05092410Natl Book Festival 2005 -- Chris Madden
2005_DC_NBF_Brooks_0509243Natl Book Festival 2005 -- David Brooks
2005_DC_NBF_McCullough_0509249Natl Book Festival 2005 -- David McCullough
2005_DC_NBF_Gabaldon_0509246Natl Book Festival 2005 -- Diana Gabaldon
2005_DC_NBF_Doctorow_0509241Natl Book Festival 2005 -- E. L. Doctorow
2005_DC_NBF_Martin_0509246Natl Book Festival 2005 -- George R.R. Martin
2005_DC_NBF_Deaver_0509242Natl Book Festival 2005 -- Jeffery Deaver
2005_DC_NBF_Irving_0509243Natl Book Festival 2005 -- John Irving
2005_DC_NBF_Sandford_0509242Natl Book Festival 2005 -- John Sandford
2005_DC_NBF_Foer_0509243Natl Book Festival 2005 -- Jonathan Safran Foer
2005_DC_NBF_Ellis_0509246Natl Book Festival 2005 -- Joseph J. Ellis
2005_DC_NBF_Slaughter_0509242Natl Book Festival 2005 -- Karin Slaughter
b>Karin Slaughter...
2005_DC_NBF_Gibbons_0509242Natl Book Festival 2005 -- Leeza Gibbons
2005_DC_NBF_Muller_0509243Natl Book Festival 2005 -- Marcia Muller
2005_DC_NBF_Cabot_0509242Natl Book Festival 2005 -- Meg Cabot
b>Meg Cabot...
2005_DC_NBF_Misc_0509249Natl Book Festival 2005 -- Miscellaneous
2005_DC_NBF_Gaiman_0509243Natl Book Festival 2005 -- Neil Gaiman
2005_DC_NBF_Carter_0509241Natl Book Festival 2005 -- Robert L. Carter
2005_DC_NBF_MacNeil_0509244Natl Book Festival 2005 -- Robert MacNeil
2005_DC_NBF_Menache_0509241Natl Book Festival 2005 -- Samuel Menashe
2005_DC_NBF_Roberts_0509242Natl Book Festival 2005 -- Steve Roberts
2005_DC_NBF_Kidd_0509245Natl Book Festival 2005 -- Sue Monk Kidd
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2005_DC_NBF_Wolfe_0509248Natl Book Festival 2005 -- Tom Wolfe
2006_DC_NBF_Stoddard_0609303Natl Book Festival 2006 -- Alexandra Stoddard
Alexandra Stoddard is a philosopher of contemporary living, an interior designer and an author of many best-selling books, including Choosing Happiness: Key to a Joyful Life (2002), which is in its fourth printing; Things I Want My Daughters to Know (2004), now in its ninth printing; and her most recent...
2006_DC_NBF_Woodward_06093011Natl Book Festival 2006 -- Bob Woodward
Bob Woodward: Pulitzer Prize-winning author Bob Woodward, a reporter and editor at The Washington Post since 1971, has authored or co-authored 10 No. 1 national nonfiction best-sellers, including two on the George W. Bush presidency, Bush at War (2002) and Plan of Attack (2004). His first best-seller,...
2006_DC_NBF_Meltzer_0609302Natl Book Festival 2006 -- Brad Meltzer
Brad Meltzer: Each of Brad Meltzer’s five novels has been a New York Times best-seller. He earned credit from Columbia Law School for writing his first book, which became The Tenth Justice (1997), an instant best-seller. His new novel is a thriller, The Book of Fate (Warner Books, 2006). His books have...
2006_DC_NBF_Collier_0609302Natl Book Festival 2006 -- Bryan Collier
Bryan Collier, who began creating artwork in his signature style at the age of 15, has illustrated numerous award-winning children’s books. He is the recipient of two Coretta Scott King Illustrator Awards, for Uptown and Rosa, as well as Coretta Scott King Honors for Freedom River, Martin’s Big Words:...
2006_DC_NBF_Hoffman_0609302Natl Book Festival 2006 -- Daniel Hoffman
Daniel Hoffman: An award-winning poet, translator, and literary critic, Daniel Hoffman has published more than ten books of poetry. His first collection, An Armada of Thirty Whales (1954), was chosen by W. H. Auden for the Yale Series of Younger Poets. His most recent book is Makes You Stop and Think:...
2006_DC_NBF_Goodwin_06093034Natl Book Festival 2006 -- Doris Kearns Goodwin
Doris Kearns Goodwin, a former Harvard professor and Woodrow Wilson Fellow, is the author of several New York Times best-sellers, including No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt which was awarded the 1995 Pulitzer Prize in History and her latest book, Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of...
2006_DC_NBF_Brinkley_0609309Natl Book Festival 2006 -- Douglas Brinkley
Douglas Brinkley is professor of history and director of the Roosevelt Center at Tulane University. Four of his books were selected as New York Times Notable Books of the Year. His last three historical narratives, Tour of Duty, The Boys of Pointe du Hoc and Parish Priest, were all New York Times...
2006_DC_NBF_Hill_0609302Natl Book Festival 2006 -- Ezra Hill
Veterans History event with Ezra Hill, a veteran who served as a Tuskegee airman.
2006_DC_NBF_Spirin_0609305Natl Book Festival 2006 -- Gennady Spirin
Gennady Spirin: The artist for this year's festival is award-winning Russian-born illustrator Gennady Spirin, whose lush contemporary technique brings a rich, imaginative depiction to the 2006 National Book Festival's poster. Mr. Spirin combines a modern aesthetic with the great traditions of the...
2006_DC_NBF_Pelacanos_0609303Natl Book Festival 2006 -- George P. Pelecanos
George P. Pelecanos, the author of more than a dozen crime-noir novels, spent years developing his writing talent and gathering his material from his life experiences in Washington, D.C. He was employed as a line cook, dishwasher, bartender, shoe salesman, electronics salesman and unskilled laborer --...
2006_DC_NBF_Coben_0609301Natl Book Festival 2006 -- Harlan Coben
Harlan Coben: International best-selling author Harlan Coben’s novels, including his most recent, Promise Me (Dutton, 2006), become national best-sellers almost as soon as they are published. He has won the Edgar Award, Shamus Award and Anthony Award -- the first writer to win all three -- for his Myron...
2006_DC_NBF_Franklin_0609304Natl Book Festival 2006 -- John Hope Franklin
John Hope Franklin, Duke University professor of history emeritus, is the author and editor of 17 books, including the best-selling From Slavery to Freedom: A History of African Americans. As the first distinguished visiting scholar at the Library of Congress under the John W. Kluge Endowment, he...
2006_DC_NBF_McCutcheon_0609304Natl Book Festival 2006 -- John McCutcheon
John McCutcheon: Author, storyteller, singer and songwriter John McCutcheon is the recipient of several awards and honors. His 29 recordings have garnered five consecutive Grammy nominations, and he has produced more than twenty albums by other artists, from traditional fiddlers to contemporary...
2006_DC_NBF_Nelson_0609303Natl Book Festival 2006 -- Kadir Nelson
Kadir Nelson began his career in illustration by creating the storyboards for Steven Spielberg's film "Amistad." Since that time he has become a much-sought-after artist, illustrating many celebrated picture books, including the Coretta Scott King Honor Book Thunder Rose, the best-seller Salt in His...
2006_DC_NBF_Bird_06093011Natl Book Festival 2006 -- Kai Bird
Kai Bird is the author of The Chairman: John J. McCloy, The Making of the American Establishment and The Color of Truth: McGeorge Bundy and William Bundy, Brothers in Arms. He co-edited with Lawrence Lifschultz, Hiroshima’s Shadow: Writings on the Denial of History and the Smithsonian Controversy. His...
2006_DC_NBF_Hutchison_06093015Natl Book Festival 2006 -- Kay Bailey Hutchison
Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas) became the first woman elected to the U. S. Senate from the state of Texas. She is a graduate of the University of Texas and the University of Texas Law School and was twice elected to the Texas House of Representatives. She has also received numerous awards and...
2006_DC_NBF_Hosseini_0609302Natl Book Festival 2006 -- Khaled Hosseini
: As a fourth grader, Khaled Hosseini was already reading Persian poetry as well as Farsi translations of novels ranging from Alice in Wonderland to Mickey Spillane’s Mike Hammer series. His debut novel, The Kite Runner (Penguin, 2003), has stayed on best-seller, book club and community-wide reading...
2006_DC_NBF_Sachar_0609303Natl Book Festival 2006 -- Louis Sachar
Louis Sachar is an award-winning author of more than 20 fiction and educational books for children. His book Holes won the prestigious National Book Award and the Newbery Medal. It was also an American Library Association (ALA) Best Book for Young Adults and an ALA Notable Book, and it was made into a...
2006_DC_NBF_Misc_06093022Natl Book Festival 2006 -- Miscellaneous
2006_DC_NBF_Meyer_0609303Natl Book Festival 2006 -- Stephenie Meyer
Stephenie Meyer graduated from Brigham Young University with a degree in English literature. Her debut novel, Twilight (2005), was released to critical acclaim and became a New York Times Editor’s Choice, a Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year, one of American Library Association’s Ten Best Books for...
2006_DC_NBF_Branch_06093012Natl Book Festival 2006 -- Taylor Branch
Taylor Branch: Pulitzer Prize winner Taylor Branch is the author of Parting the Waters: America in the King Years 1954-63, Pillar of Fire: America in the King Years 1963-65, and At Canaan’s Edge: America in the King Years 1965-68 (Simon & Schuster, 2006), his three-volume account of the civil rights...
2006_DC_NBF_Miller_06093012Natl Book Festival 2006 -- Veteran's History Project panel w/Donald Miller, Rick Newman, Don Shepperd, and Daun Van Ee
Veteran's History Project panel discussion:
Donald Miller, Rick Newman, Don Shepperd, and Daun Van Ee. Donald Miller, author of "Masters of the Air: America's Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany," and Rick Newman and Don Shepperd, authors of "Bury Us Upside Down: The Misty Pilots...
2006_DC_NBF_Hymel_0609304Natl Book Festival 2006 -- Veteran's History Project panel w/Kevin Hymel and Bob Patrick
Veteran's History Project panel discussion:
Kevin Hymel and Bob Patrick: Bob Patrick, director of the Veterans History Project, will interview Kevin Hymel, author of "Patton's Photographs: War As He Saw It." Mr. Hymel will focus on General George S. Patton's personal photography of his service in World...
2006_DC_NBF_Yeutushenko_0609302Natl Book Festival 2006 -- Yevgeny Yevtushenko
Yevgeny Yevtushenko: Born in Siberia near Lake Baikal, Yevgeny Yevtushenko is Russia's best-known living poet. He published his first poem in 1949, and his famous poem "Babi Yar," which inspired Dimitri Shostakovich's Symphony No. 13, was published in 1961. Besides his poetry, Yevtushenko has also...
2007_DC_NBF_Rampersad_0709296Natl Book Festival 2007 -- Arnold Rampersad
2007_DC_NBF_Smith_0709291Natl Book Festival 2007 -- Cynthia Leitich Smith
Cynthia Leitich Smith, author of several acclaimed books for young readers, developed an interest in writing children's literature at a young age. She was "Dear Gabby" for her sixth grade newspaper, and she edited her junior high and high school newspapers. Following graduation from journalism school at...
2007_DC_NBF_Kennedy_0709299Natl Book Festival 2007 -- David M. Kennedy
2007_DC_NBF_Ackerman_0709295Natl Book Festival 2007 -- Diane Ackerman
2007_DC_NBF_Wilson_0709297Natl Book Festival 2007 -- Douglas L. Wilson
2007_DC_NBF_Turtledove_0709296Natl Book Festival 2007 -- Harry Turtledove
2007_DC_NBF_Swanson_07092922Natl Book Festival 2007 -- James L. Swanson
2007_DC_NBF_Greenburg_07092911Natl Book Festival 2007 -- Jan Crawford Greenburg
2007_DC_NBF_Oates_0709293Natl Book Festival 2007 -- Joyce Carol Oates
2007_DC_NBF_Schachner_0709292Natl Book Festival 2007 -- Judy Schachner
2007_DC_NBF_Burns_07092935Natl Book Festival 2007 -- Ken Burns and Geoffrey C. Ward
2007_DC_NBF_Mayer_0709292Natl Book Festival 2007 -- Mercer Mayer
2007_DC_NBF_Secrest_0709297Natl Book Festival 2007 -- Meryle Secrest
2007_DC_NBF_Beschloss_0709293Natl Book Festival 2007 -- Michael Beschloss
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2007_DC_NBF_Misc_07092924Natl Book Festival 2007 -- Miscellaneous
2007_DC_NBF_Carter_0709292Natl Book Festival 2007 -- Stephen L. Carter
Stephen L. Carter is the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law at Yale, where he has taught since 1982. He has published seven critically acclaimed nonfiction books on topics ranging from affirmative action to religion and politics. His first novel, The Emperor of Ocean Park (2002), was an immediate...
2007_DC_NBF_Raichlen_0709292Natl Book Festival 2007 -- Steven Raichlen
Steven Raichlen is a multiple award-winning author, journalist, cooking teacher, and TV host. His 27 best-selling books include "Barbecue Bible!" and "Raichlen on Ribs and How to Grill - all from Workman". He is the recipient of five James Beard Awards and three awards from the International Culinary...
2008_DC_NBF_Schieffer_08092711Natl Book Festival 2008 -- Bob Schieffer
Bob Schieffer
Bob Schieffer, who has been with CBS News since 1969, is one of very few correspondents to have covered all four major Washington beats: the White House, the Pentagon, the State Department and Capitol Hill. He is CBS’s chief Washington correspondent and since May 1991 has anchored the...
2008_DC_NBF_Roberts_0809277Natl Book Festival 2008 -- Cokie Roberts
Cokie Roberts
Cokie Roberts, a New York Times best-selling author, is a political commentator for ABC News and serves as a senior news analyst for National Public Radio. She is the recipient of numerous awards and honors, including two Emmy Awards, induction into the Broadcasting and Cable Hall of Fame...
2008_DC_NBF_Schorr_08092723Natl Book Festival 2008 -- Daniel Schorr
Daniel Schorr
Daniel Schorr, currently a senior news analyst for National Public Radio, has won three Emmys, a Peabody award for “a lifetime of uncompromising reporting of the highest integrity,” awards from civil liberties groups and the Alfred I. DuPont-Columbia University Golden Baton for...
2008_DC_NBF_Maraniss_0809277Natl Book Festival 2008 -- David Maraniss
David Maraniss
David Maraniss, an associate editor of The Washington Post, has won several awards for writing, including the Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting in 1993. His critically acclaimed and best-selling books include They Marched Into Sunlight: War and Peace in Vietnam and America, October...
2008_DC_NBF_Brooks_0809275Natl Book Festival 2008 -- Geraldine Brooks
Geraldine Brooks
Pulitzer Prize winner and best-selling author Geraldine Brooks wrote for The Wall Street Journal, where her beats included Bosnia, Somalia and the Middle East. Her fiction debut, Year of Wonders: A Novel of the Plague, was a 2001 Notable Book of the Year for The New York Times, The...
2008_DC_NBF_Wood_0809272Natl Book Festival 2008 -- Gordon S. Wood
Gordon S. Wood
Gordon S. Wood is the Alva O. Way University Professor and professor of history at Brown University. He is the author of many award-winning works, including The Creation of the American Republic, 1776-1787, which won the Bancroft and John H. Dunning prizes and was nominated for the...
2008_DC_NBF_Hutchison_08092710Natl Book Festival 2008 -- Kay Bailey Hutchison
Kay Bailey Hutchison
Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas) became the first woman elected to the U.S. Senate from the state of Texas. She is a graduate of the University of Texas and the University of Texas Law School and was twice elected to the Texas House of Representatives. She has also received...
2008_DC_NBF_Dozier_08092720Natl Book Festival 2008 -- Kimberly Dozier
Kimberly Dozier
Award-winning CBS News correspondent Kimberly Dozier reported primarily on the war in Iraq from 2003 until she was seriously injured by a car bomb in 2006, as recounted in her book, Breathing the Fire (Meredith, 2008). She is the recipient of a 2008 Peabody Award and four Gracie Awards...
2008_DC_NBF_Bush_0809276Natl Book Festival 2008 -- Laura and Jenna Bush
Laura Bush
Laura Bush has always been passionate about reading. An Honorary Ambassador for the U.N. Literary Decade, she hosted the first-ever White House Conference on Global Literacy in 2006 to encourage international cooperation and build free societies through literacy. In 2001 she joined with the...
2008_DC_NBF_Dobbs_0809276Natl Book Festival 2008 -- Michael Dobbs
Michael Dobbs
Michael Dobbs is a reporter for The Washington Post and at present responsible for "The Fact Checker" column. He has spent much of his career as a foreign correspondent covering the collapse of communism and has served as the Post’s bureau chief in Warsaw, Paris and Moscow. He has won...
2008_DC_NBF_Singletary_0809275Natl Book Festival 2008 -- Michelle Singletary
Michelle Singletary
Michelle Singletary is a nationally syndicated columnist for The Washington Post with her award-winning column, “The Color of Money,” now carried in about 120 newspapers across the country. The Pulitzer nominated-column won a prestigious award from the Society of American Business...
2008_DC_NBF_Misc_08092721Natl Book Festival 2008 -- Miscellaneous
2008_DC_NBF_Theroux_0809279Natl Book Festival 2008 -- Paul Theroux
Paul Theroux
Paul Theroux initially pursued a career in medicine, but the allure of travel and his gift for writing led him in a different direction. He virtually reinvented the travel writing genre, beginning with The Great Railway Bazaar: By Train Through Asia (1975) to his latest travel epic, Ghost...
2008_DC_NBF_Atkinson_0809272Natl Book Festival 2008 -- Rick Atkinson
Rick Atkinson
Rick Atkinson, staff writer and senior editor at The Washington Post, is a three-time Pulitzer Prize winner, for national reporting, public service and history. He is the author of The New York Times best-seller The Day of Battle: The War in Sicily and Italy, 1943-1944 (Holt paperbacks,...
2008_DC_NBF_Stine_0809279Natl Book Festival 2008 -- R.L. Stine
R.L. Stine
R.L. Stine's writing career began at the age of 9 when he wrote stories and jokes on an old typewriter and handed them out at school. He is now the author of more than 100 books and has sold more than 400 million copies, making him one of the best-selling children’s book authors in history....
2008_DC_NBF_Brown_0809273Natl Book Festival 2008 -- Sandra Brown
Sandra Brown
Sandra Brown is the author of nearly 70 published novels, including 55 New York Times best-sellers. Before embarking on a writing career, she worked in television -- including weather-casting and feature reporting on the nationally syndicated program “PM Magazine.” She is the recipient of...
2008_DC_NBF_Horwitz_08092713Natl Book Festival 2008 -- Tony Horwitz
Tony Horwitz
Before becoming a full-time author, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Tony Horwitz was a foreign correspondent for The Wall Street Journal and a staff writer for The New Yorker. He is the author of Blue Latitudes, Confederates in the Attic and Baghdad Without a Map -- all national...
2008_DC_NBF_Isaacson_0809278Natl Book Festival 2008 -- Walter Isaacson
Walter Isaacson
Veteran journalist Walter Isaacson's career has taken him from a newspaper reporter and city hall columnist in New Orleans to managing editor of Time magazine. He has been chairman of CNN and currently is president of the Aspen Institute. He is the author of Benjamin Franklin: An...
2011_DC_NBF_Goodheart_11092514Natl Book Festival 2011 -- Adam Goodheart
Adam Goodheart
Adam Goodheart is a historian, journalist and critic whose new book is the New York Times best-selling and critically praised "1861: The Civil War Awakening" (Knopf). He has contributed frequent essays and reviews to The New York Times (where he also served as deputy editor of the Op-Ed...
2011_DC_NBF_Say_11092521Natl Book Festival 2011 -- Allen Say
Allen Say
Allen Say was born in Yokohama, Japan, and he dreamed of becoming a cartoonist from the age of 6. When he was 12, he apprenticed for his favorite cartoonist, Noro Shinpei. In 1972, Say illustrated his first children's book, and until 1987 was a part-time illustrator. That year, while...
2011_DC_NBF_Chua_11092418Natl Book Festival 2011 -- Amy Chua
Amy Chua
"Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother" (Penguin) has created a sensation with its depiction of the strict, traditional child-rearing of the author's children. Her two daughters were never allowed to watch television or play computer games, be in a school play, have a play date, get any grade less...
2011_DC_NBF_Watkins_1109253Natl Book Festival 2011 -- Angela Farris Watkins
Angela Farris Watkins
Angela Farris Watkins, Ph.D., is an associate professor of psychology at Spelman College. She is Martin Luther King Jr.'s niece, and her new book is "My Uncle Martin's Words for America: Martin Luther King Jr.'s Niece Tells How He Made a Difference."
2011_DC_NBF_Selznick_11092417Natl Book Festival 2011 -- Brian Selznick
Brian Selznick
“The Invention of Hugo Cabret" won a Caldecott Medal for its author and illustrator, Brian Selznick. It was also a finalist for a National Book Award, and Martin Scorsese has directed the film version, which will be released this November. His other books have received many awards and...
2011_DC_NBF_Millard_11092410Natl Book Festival 2011 -- Candice Millard
Candice Millard
Candice Millard is a former writer and editor for National Geographic magazine. Her first book, "The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey," was a New York Times best-seller and was named one of the best books of the year by, among others, The New York Times, The...
2011_DC_NBF_Peterson_1109254Natl Book Festival 2011 -- Carla L. Peterson
Carla L. Peterson
Carla L. Peterson is an English professor and affiliate faculty member of the American Studies, African-American Studies and Women's Studies departments at the University of Maryland at College Park. Her works include "African-American Women Orators in the Antebellum North,"...
2011_DC_NBF_McCutcheon_1109258Natl Book Festival 2011 -- Carmen Agra Deedy and John McCutcheon
Carmen Agra Deedy
Children's book author and storyteller Carmen Agra Deedy has won more than a dozen awards for her work. She was born in Havana, Cuba, and emigrated to the United States with her family in 1963 during the aftermath of the Cuban Revolution. Her most recent books are "The Cheshire Cheese...
2011_DC_NBF_VanDusen_11092417Natl Book Festival 2011 -- Chris Van Dusen
Chris Van Dusen
Chris Van Dusen writes: “As a child, my brothers and I would spend hours drawing pictures. We didn’t have video games or computers to entertain us, so we drew instead. … I had no idea back then that I’d end up writing and illustrating children’s books when I grew up.” Since then, Van...
2011_DC_NBF_Emerson_1109241Natl Book Festival 2011 -- Claudia Emerson
Claudia Emerson
All of Claudia Emerson's books, "Pharaoh, Pharaoh," "Pinion: An Elegy," "Late Wife" and her latest work, "Figure Studies," were published as part of Louisiana State University Press's signature series, Southern Messenger Poets, edited by Dave Smith. "Late Wife" won the 2006 Pulitzer...
2011_DC_NBF_Eggers_1109249Natl Book Festival 2011 -- Dave Eggers
Dave Eggers
The author of the best-selling memoir "A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius" is also the founder of the literacy project called 826 Valencia, named after its address in San Francisco. "A Heartbreaking Work" is the story of the author's struggle to raise his younger brother in San...
2011_DC_NBF_McCullough_11092530Natl Book Festival 2011 -- David McCullough
David McCullough
Librarian of Congress James H. Billington has called David McCullough the "citizen chronicler" for his meticulously researched and beautifully written historical books, such as the Pulitzer Prize winners "Truman" and "John Adams," the latter of which became an Emmy Award-winning...
2011_DC_NBF_Kendrick_1109251Natl Book Festival 2011 -- Dolores Kendrick
Dolores Kendrick
Dolores Kendrick is poet laureate of the District of Columbia. She is the author of the award-winning "The Women of Plums: Poems in the Voices of Slave Women," as well as "Why the Woman Is Singing on the Corner: A Verse Narrative" (Peter E. Randall Publisher), a collection of poems on...
2011_DC_NBF_Lawson_1109248Natl Book Festival 2011 -- Dorie McCullough Lawson
Dorie McCullough Lawson
Dorie McCullough Lawson is the author of the novel “Along Comes a Stranger.” Her first book was “Posterity: Letters of Great Americans to Their Children,” which was an anthology of the words and wisdom of 68 Americans, including Ansel Adams, Thomas Edison, Sam Houston, Mary Todd...
2011_DC_NBF_Waller_1109257Natl Book Festival 2011 -- Douglas Waller
Douglas Waller
Douglas Waller, a former veteran correspondent for Newsweek and Time, has reported on the CIA for six years. Waller also covered the Pentagon, State Department, White House and Congress. He is the author of the best-sellers "The Commandos: The Inside Story of America's Secret Soldiers,"...
2011_DC_NBF_Morris_1109244Natl Book Festival 2011 -- Edmund Morris
Edmund Morris
"The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt," the first in a trilogy about the 26th U.S. president, won both the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award for its author, Edmund Morris. The second in the series was the award winning "Theodore Rex," and the final volume is 2010's "Colonel Roosevelt"...
2011_DC_NBF_Robinson_1109245Natl Book Festival 2011 -- Eugene Robinson
Eugene Robinson
Washington Post columnist Eugene Robinson won the Pulitzer Prize for commentary in 2009 for his "eloquent columns on the 2008 presidential campaign that focus[ed] on the election of the first African-American president, showcasing graceful writing and grasp of the larger historic...
2011_DC_NBF_Exquisite_1109245Natl Book Festival 2011 -- Exquisite Corpse Adventure
Exquisite Corpse Adventure
Join emcee Mary Brigid Barrett and authors and illustrators Calef Brown, Susan Cooper, Jack Gantos, Gregory Maguire, Patricia McKissack, Katherine Paterson and Chris Van Dusen for a session of fun and surprises as they bring you excerpts from the episodic story "The Exquisite...
2011_DC_NBF_Keillor_1109258Natl Book Festival 2011 -- Garrison Keillor
Garrison Keillor
The place "where all the women are strong, all the men are good looking and all the children are above average" is the creation of Lake Wobegon's founder, Garrison Keillor. The show began as a morning radio program on Minnesota Public Radio in 1969, called "A Prairie Home Companion"...
2011_DC_NBF_Wilkerson_1109244Natl Book Festival 2011 -- Isabel Wilkerson
Isabel Wilkerson
Isabel Wilkerson, who spent most of her career as a national correspondent and bureau chief at The New York Times, is the first African American woman to win a Pulitzer Prize in the history of American journalism and the first black American to win for individual reporting. Inspired by...
2011_DC_NBF_Billington_11092429Natl Book Festival 2011 -- James H. Billington
James H. Billington
James Hadley Billington was sworn in as the Librarian of Congress on September 14, 1987. He is the 13th person to hold the position since the Library was established in 1800.
2011_DC_NBF_Swanson_11092421Natl Book Festival 2011 -- James L. Swanson
James L. Swanson
James Swanson, who shares Abraham Lincoln's Feb. 12 birthday, is the author of the New York Times best-seller "Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer," upon which the young people's version, "Chasing Lincoln's Killer," is based. Swanson has written for The Wall Street Journal,...
2011_DC_NBF_Egan_1109245Natl Book Festival 2011 -- Jennifer Egan
Jennifer Egan
Jennifer Egan is the author of "The Invisible Circus," a novel that became a feature film starring Cameron Diaz in 2001; "Look at Me," a finalist for the National Book Award in fiction; and "The Keep," which was a national best-seller. Her nonfiction articles appear frequently in The New...
2011_DC_NBF_Lehrer_1109245Natl Book Festival 2011 -- Jim Lehrer
Jim Lehrer
In October 1975, the half-hour "Robert MacNeil Report," with Jim Lehrer as the Washington correspondent, premiered on Thirteen/WNET New York. Over the next seven years, "The MacNeil/Lehrer Report" (as it was renamed in 1976) won more than 30 awards. In September 1983, Lehrer and MacNeil...
2011_DC_NBF_Achenbach_1109251Natl Book Festival 2011 -- Joel Achenbach
Joel Achenbach
Washington Post science and politics writer Joel Achenbach was the newspaper's first online columnist with "Rough Draft" in 1999. His latest and seventh book is "A Hole at the Bottom of the Sea: The Race to Kill the BP Oil Gusher" (Simon & Schuster). Achenbach's other books include "The...
2011_DC_NBF_Marciano_1109254Natl Book Festival 2011 -- John Bemelmans Marciano
John Bemelmans Marciano
John Bemelmans Marciano says that “it really, really helped that my grandfather, Ludwig Bemelmans, had created the Madeline books and left a story unfinished for me to work on.” And that Marciano has done. “Madeline at the White House” (Viking Juvenile) is the latest book...
2011_DC_NBF_Muth_1109255Natl Book Festival 2011 -- Jon J Muth
Jon J Muth
Artist Jon J Muth is the creator of this year's art for the National Book Festival poster. He studied stone sculpture and calligraphy in Japan, and the Japanese influence is readily apparent in his "Zen" series of illustrated books. The first in the series, "Zen Shorts," won the prestigious...
2011_DC_NBF_Foer_11092525Natl Book Festival 2011 -- Joshua Foer
Joshua Foer
Joshua Foer's writing has appeared in National Geographic, Esquire, Slate, Outside, The New York Times and other publications. He is the co-founder of the Atlas Obscura, an online guide to the world's wonders and curiosities. He is also the co-founder of the design competition Sukkah City....
2011_DC_NBF_JMoore_11092420Natl Book Festival 2011 -- Julianne Moore
Julianne Moore
Julianne Moore is a four-time Academy Award-nominated actress and the New York Times best-selling author of three books about Freckleface Strawberry, a character inspired by her own childhood experiences. She is also an avid reader, a literacy advocate and the mother of two young...
2011_DC_NBF_Martin_1109247Natl Book Festival 2011 -- Justin Martin
Justin Martin
Justin Martin is the author of the widely acclaimed biographies "Greenspan: The Man Behind the Money," about the former chairman of the Federal Reserve, and "Nader: Crusader, Spoiler, Icon," about the consumer advocate and failed presidential candidate. His new book, "Genius of Place: The...
2011_DC_NBF_Nelson_11092511Natl Book Festival 2011 -- Kadir Nelson
Kadir Nelson
Writer and illustrator Kadir Nelson, who began drawing at age 3 and painting at age 10, says, "I have always been an artist. It's part of my DNA." He began collaborating with writers in 1999, including choreographer Debbie Allen ("Dancing in the Wings") and Ntozake Shange ("Ellington Was...
2011_DC_NBF_Kibuishi_11092513Natl Book Festival 2011 -- Kazu Kibuishi
Kazu Kibuishi
Kazu Kibuishi is the founder and editor of the "Flight Anthologies,"a critically acclaimed comics series, as well as the creator of "Daisy Kutter: The Last Train," a winner of the YALSA Best Books for Young Adults Award. Born in Tokyo, Kibuishi moved to the U.S. with his mother and...
2011_DC_NBF_Miller_1109255Natl Book Festival 2011 -- Kristie Miller
Kristie Miller
Kristie Miller is a research associate at the Southwest Center of the University of Arizona and author of "Isabella Greenway: An Enterprising Woman" and "Ruth Hanna McCormick: A Life in Politics, 1880-1944." She is also co-editor of "A Volume of Friendship: The Letters of Eleanor...
2011_DC_NBF_Fleisher_1109243Natl Book Festival 2011 -- Leon Fleisher
Leon Fleisher
In what The New York Times calls "a candid and lively memoir," world-renowned pianist Leon Fleisher frankly discusses how his thoughts turned to suicide when, in 1965, his left hand became crippled by a disease that was not diagnosed until 1991. During that interval, unwilling to concede...
2011_DC_NBF_Kaufman_1109256Natl Book Festival 2011 -- Marc Kaufman
Marc Kaufman
Are we alone in the universe? In “First Contact: Scientific Breakthroughs in the Hunt for Life Beyond Earth” (Simon & Schuster), Washington Post science writer Marc Kaufman suggests that, as never before, we now have the knowledge and technology to answer that question, and will likely...
2011_DC_NBF_Reinhart_1109246Natl Book Festival 2011 -- Matthew Reinhart
Matthew Reinhart
Matthew Reinhart is the co-creator of the "Encyclopedia Prehistorica" and "Encyclopedia Mythologica" series. He has also created many other award-winning pop-up books, including "Mommy?" by Maurice Sendak and Arthur Yorinks and "Star Wars: A Pop-Up Guide to the Galaxy."
2011_DC_NBF_Jasonoff_1109244Natl Book Festival 2011 -- Maya Jasanoff
Maya Jasanoff
Maya Jasanoff is currently an associate professor of history at Harvard University. Her first book, "Edge of Empire: Lives, Culture and Conquest in the East, 1750–1850," was awarded the 2005 Duff Cooper Prize and was a book of the year selection in numerous publications, including The...
2011_DC_NBF_Misc28Natl Book Festival 2011 -- Miscellaneous
2011_DC_NBF_Moona_1109247Natl Book Festival 2011 -- Moona Luna
Moona Luna
Moona Luna is the passionate second project of New York-based songwriter Sandra Velasquez and her critically acclaimed Latin band, Pistolera. With her daughter as inspiration, Velasquez wrote an album's worth of songs geared for families. After writing exclusively in Spanish for Pistolera,...
2011_DC_NBF_Stephenson_1109253Natl Book Festival 2011 -- Neal Stephenson
Neal Stephenson
Neal Stephenson is the author of the three-volume historical epic "The Baroque Cycle" ("Quicksilver," "The Confusion" and "The System of the World") and the novels "Cryptonomicon," "The Diamond Age," "Snow Crash," "Zodiac" and "Anathem." Last year, Stephenson introduced "The...
2011_DC_NBF_Thompson_11092543Natl Book Festival 2011 -- Richard Thompson
Richard Thompson
The most recent Reuben Award, cartooning's equivalent of the Oscar, went to Richard Thompson, creator of "Cul de Sac," a strip born in The Washington Post seven years ago featuring the Otterloop family. Thompson also draws the "Richard's Poor Almanac" cartoon, and his new book is...
2011_DC_NBF_Dove_1109248Natl Book Festival 2011 -- Rita Dove
Rita Dove
In 1993 Rita Dove was appointed Poet Laureate of the United States by the Library of Congress, making her the youngest person -- and the first African-American -- to receive this honor; she held the position for two years. She was reappointed Special Consultant in Poetry for 2000, the Library...
2011_DC_NBF_WmsGarcia_1109242Natl Book Festival 2011 -- Rita Williams-Garcia
Rita Williams-Garcia
In "One Crazy Summer" (Amistad) winner of the 2011 Coretta Scott King and Newbery Honor awards, Rita Williams-Garcia places her main character, Delphine, in Oakland, Calif., in 1968--a tumultuous period in American history. Nevertheless, Delphine triumphs over the adversity of...
2011_DC_NBF_Banks_11092411Natl Book Festival 2011 -- Russell Banks
Russell Banks
The author of more than a dozen works of fiction, Russell Banks' newest novel is "Lost Memory of Skin" (Ecco). His work has been translated into more than 20 languages, and two of his novels have been adapted into award-winning films: "The Sweet Hereafter" and "Affliction." His novel...
2011_DC_NBF_McBratney_1109255Natl Book Festival 2011 -- Sam McBratney
Sam McBratney
A native of Northern Ireland, Sam McBratney was a teacher in his 30s when he started writing children's books. He wanted to help children with reading problems. Now, with the 57th book of his career, "Guess How Much I Love You" has been issued in a pop-up version by Candlewick Press. All...
2011_DC_NBF_Paretsky_1109247Natl Book Festival 2011 -- Sara Paretsky
Sara Paretsky
When detective V.I. Warshawski debuted in 1982 in "Indemnity Only," its author, Sara Paretsky, created a sensation by creating a female investigator who uses her wits as well as her fists. Paretsky challenged a genre in which women typically were either vamps or victims. "Body Work"...
2011_DC_NBF_Dessen_1109244Natl Book Festival 2011 -- Sarah Dessen
Sarah Dessen
Sarah Dessen grew up in Chapel Hill, N.C., and attended UNC-Chapel Hill, graduating with highest honors in creative writing. She is the author of several novels, including "Someone Like You," "Just Listen" and "Along for the Ride." A motion picture based on her first two books, called "How...
2011_DC_NBF_Alexie_1109254Natl Book Festival 2011 -- Sherman Alexie
Sherman Alexie
"The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian" was both a critical and commercial success for author Sherman Alexie. The multitalented Alexie is also a poet, filmmaker and occasional comedian who often draws on his experiences as a Native American for his work. The 1998 independent...
2011_DC_NBF_Mukherjee_1109258Natl Book Festival 2011 -- Siddhartha Mukherjee
Siddhartha Mukherjee
"The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer" (Scribner), which won the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for general nonfiction, is Siddhartha Mukherjee's story of this dreaded disease -- from its origins to the global battle to cure, control and conquer it. Mukherjee is a cancer...
2011_DC_NBF_Plumly_1109254Natl Book Festival 2011 -- Stanley Plumly
Stanley Plumly
Stanley Plumly is poet laureate of Maryland. His most recent poetry collection, "Old Heart" (W.W. Norton), was a National Book Award finalist. His work has been honored with eight Pushcart prizes, a Rockefeller Foundation fellowship and many other awards. He is a Maryland Distinguished...
2011_DC_NBF_Cooper_1109252Natl Book Festival 2011 -- Susan Cooper
Susan Cooper
Susan Cooper has been writing for over 30 years. In this time she has written numerous newspaper articles, books for children and adults, screenplays for TV and the cinema and a Broadway play. She is best known for her five-book series, "The Dark Is Rising," which includes the Newbery...
2011_DC_NBF_dePaola_1109242Natl Book Festival 2011 -- Tomie dePaola
Tomie dePaola
More than 250 books feature the name Tomie dePaola as the illustrator, writer or both. He has been published for more than 40 years and has sold more than 15 million books worldwide. He was also the United States nominee in 1990 for the Hans Christian Andersen Award in illustration. The...
2011_DC_NBF_Morrison_1109248Natl Book Festival 2011 -- Toni Morrison
Toni Morrison
The work of Toni Morrison has gained worldwide acclaim. The 1993 Nobel Prize in literature was awarded to Morrison, "who in novels characterized by visionary force and poetic import, gives life to an essential aspect of American reality." Her novel "Beloved" won the Pulitzer Prize for...
2011_DC_NBF_Krishnaswami_1109244Natl Book Festival 2011 -- Uma Krishnaswami
Uma Krishnaswami
Uma Krishnaswami, who was born in New Delhi, was an only child who moved often for her father's career. She says she befriended books and made up stories in her head to compensate for her loneliness. She published her first story when she was 13, in Children's World, a magazine...
2011_DC_NBF_Amos_11092514Natl Book Festival 2011 -- Wally Amos
Wally Amos
Today, his name is a household word. Wally founded the Read It Loud! Foundation in 2005, urging parents and caregivers to read aloud to children for at least 10 minutes each day from birth to 6 years old. Read It Loud! is partnered with MARSYS, the Center for the Book in the Library of...
2014_DC_NBF_Collins_14083038Natl Book Festival 2014 -- Billy Collins and Karen Romagna
Billy Collins:
Former Poet Laureate (2001-2003) Billy Collins has received fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Guggenheim Foundation and the New York Foundation for the Arts. Bruce Weber of The New York Times has called Collins “the most popular poet in America.” While he was Poet...
2014_DC_NBF_OMalley_14083027Natl Book Festival 2014 -- Bryan Lee O'Malley
Award-winning cartoonist, writer and artist Bryan Lee O’Malley is best known for his New York Times best-selling Scott Pilgrim series. O’Malley first captivated readers with the story of Scott Pilgrim, a 23- year-old slacker-sometimes-musician on a mission to defeat the seven evil exes of his love...
2014_DC_NBF_Sibley_1408307Natl Book Festival 2014 -- David Sibley
Ornithologist, author and illustrator David Sibley first published “The Sibley Guide to Birds” in 2000, a book that quickly became known as the nation’s supreme and most comprehensive guide to birds. Sibley has received the Roger Tory Peterson Award from the American Birding Association for lifetime...
2014_DC_NBF_Marciuliano_14083020Natl Book Festival 2014 -- Francesco Marciuliano
Francesco Marciuliano has, since 1997, been the writer of the “Sally Forth” comic strip. One of his early best-sellers is “I Could Pee on This and Other Poems by Cats.” It was on both the New York Times and Los Angeles Times best-seller lists and, according to IndieBound, was the No. 2 best-selling book...
2014_DC_NBF_Yang_14083083Natl Book Festival 2014 -- Gene Luen Yang
Two separate events with Gene. Once on his own and once with Mike Cavna.
Gene Luen Yang is a writer of both graphic novels and comics. His work “American Born Chinese” is a creative text that chronicles the Asian-American experience in a way that resonates with teen readers. It was the first graphic...
2014_DC_NBF_Books2Movies_14083015Natl Book Festival 2014 -- Great Books to Great Movies
Great Books to Great Movies:
Why are we drawn to movies based on the books we love? Is seeing believing or is reading enough? In this dynamic multimedia presentation and panel discussion, four great American novelists discuss and present film clips from movies that were based on their books. They...
2014_DC_NBF_Shabazz_14083015Natl Book Festival 2014 -- Ilyasah Shabazz
Iyasah Shabazz is the third daughter of Malcolm X and Betty Shabazz. She is a community organizer, activist, motivational speaker and author of the critically acclaimed “Growing Up X.” Shabazz is co-editor with Herb Boyd of “The Diary of Malcolm X” and worked with illustrator A.G. Ford on her new book,...
2014_DC_NBF_Smith_14083078Natl Book Festival 2014 -- Jeff Smith
Cartoonist Jeff Smith is best known for creating the comic book and graphic novel series “Bone,” a publication characterized by both light-hearted comedy and dark fantasy. The idea for the Bone cousins, lead characters in the series, began to formulate when Smith was just a kid, inspired by the cartoons...
2014_DC_NBF_JBrown_14083050Natl Book Festival 2014 -- Jeffrey Brown
Ignatz Award winner Jeffrey Brown began his career with the self-published “Clumsy.” He earned an MFA from the Art Institute of Chicago School as a painter, but he soon found his niche in drawing comics. He is the author-illustrator of “Star Wars: Jedi Academy No. 2: Return of the Padawan” (Scholastic),...
2014_DC_NBF_Lewis_14083017Natl Book Festival 2014 -- John Lewis and Andrew Aydin
Andrew Aydin:
Andrew Aydin is an aide to Rep. John Lewis and co-author of the first book of the Congressman's graphic novel memoir trilogy, “March” (Top Shelf Productions).

Rep. John Lewis:
John Lewis has served as the U.S. States representative for Georgia’s 5th Congressional District since 1987....
2014_DC_NBF_Blake_1408309Natl Book Festival 2014 -- Kendare Blake
Adopted from South Korea when she was 7 months, Kendare Blake was raised in the United States. She arrived with the following advice: “Feed her lots of chocolate.” Blake’s debut novel focused on four friends who came of age after 9/11. Her young adult horror novels have received wide acclaim, including...
2014_DC_NBF_Literacy_14083093Natl Book Festival 2014 -- Literacy Awards Presentation
Library of Congress Literacy Awards Presentation:
Winners of the second annual Library of Congress Literacy Awards will be announced. Through the generosity of David M. Rubenstein, the Library of Congress Literacy Awards Program honors organizations that have made outstanding contributions to...
2014_DC_NBF_Donnelly_14083038Natl Book Festival 2014 -- Liza Donnelly
Author and cartoonist Liza Donnelly is best known for her career with The New Yorker, where she has been drawing cartoons on culture and politics for more than 30 years. Her work has been featured in several notable publications, such as The New York Times, The Harvard Business Review and The Nation,...
2014_DC_NBF_Misc_14083052Natl Book Festival 2014 -- Miscellaneous
Folks here include Richard Moe, Joe Sutliff and his family, Maryland writer Elizabeth Dahl ("Genie Wishes"), and James Billington
2014_DC_NBF_Kotz_1408305Natl Book Festival 2014 -- Nick Kotz
As an acclaimed journalist and author, Nick Kotz has conveyed important stories to the American people on topics such as government corruption, national defense, civil rights and social justice. For his work as a journalist for The Des Moines Register and The Washington Post, Kotz has been honored with...
2014_DC_NBF_PP_1408308Natl Book Festival 2014 -- Politics and Prose Area
2014_DC_NBF_Telgemeier_14083051Natl Book Festival 2014 -- Raina Telgemeier
Raina Telgemeier is an author, illustrator and cartoonist. Her graphic novels “Smile” and “Drama” are both No. 1 New York Times best-sellers. “Smile,” Telgemeier’s autobiographical account of her childhood dental drama, is a Boston Globe-Horn Award Honor title and an Eisner award winner for Best...
2014_DC_NBF_5thBeatle_14083038Natl Book Festival 2014 -- Vivek Tiwary and Kyle Baker ("Fifth Beatle")
Vivek Tiwary:
Vivek Tiwary is an author, Broadway theater producer and founder of Tiwary Entertainment Group. Tiwary’s debut graphic novel, “The Fifth Beatle” (Dark Horse), tells the true story of Brian Epstein, the visionary manager behind the spotlight who led the Beatles to stardom. Despite his...
2015_DC_NBF_Gordon_Reed_1509057Natl Book Festival 2015 -- Annette Gordon-Reed
Annette Gordon-Reed, a professor of law and history at Harvard University, is one of the country's most distinguished presidential scholars. She received the 2009 Pulitzer Prize in history for her book "The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family" (Norton). Her first book was the acclaimed "Thomas...
2015_DC_NBF_Nafisi_1509054Natl Book Festival 2015 -- Azar Nafisi
Azar Nafisi is best known as the author of the national best-seller "Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books," a vivid portrait of the Islamic revolution in Iran and how it affected one university professor and her students. She is the executive director of Cultural Conversations at the Foreign...
2015_DC_NBF_CSpan_1509059Natl Book Festival 2015 -- Book TV on C-Span2
Folks here include Ray Suarez and Evan Osnos

Ray Suarez is a broadcast journalist and currently the host of the daily program “Inside Story” on Al Jazeera America. He has been a senior correspondent for PBS “NewsHour,” host of the international news program “America Abroad,” host of the NPR program...
2015_DC_NBF_Aldrin_15090533Natl Book Festival 2015 -- Buzz Aldrin
Buzz Aldrin, selected by NASA as one of the early astronauts, made the historic Apollo XI moon walk with Neil Armstrong in 1969. Recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, he lectures and travels throughout the world to pursue and discuss the latest concepts and ideas for exploring the universe....
2015_DC_NBF_Bell_1509052Natl Book Festival 2015 -- Cece Bell
A Virginia-born author and illustrator, Cece Bell enjoys limeade and lives in an old church. She majored in art at the College of William and Mary, where she met her author-illustrator husband, Tom Angleberger. Her works include “Bee-wigged,” “Itty Bitty,” “Food Friends,” “Busy Buddies” and the Sock...
2015_DC_NBF_Appy_1509056Natl Book Festival 2015 -- Christian G. Appy
Christian G. Appy is a professor of history at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. He is the author of three books on the Vietnam War, including “Working-Class War: American Combat Soldiers and Vietnam” and “Patriots: The Vietnam War Remembered from All Sides,” which won the Massachusetts Book...
2015_DC_NBF_Leo_Ghost_1509057Natl Book Festival 2015 -- Christian Robinson and Mac Barnett ("Leo: A Ghost Story")
Christian Robinson is an illustrator and animator. He has worked with Pixar Animation Studios and The Sesame Street Workshop. Robinson is the illustrator of several best-selling and acclaimed picture books, including “Josephine: The Dazzling Life of Josephine Baker,” “Gaston,” “Last Stop on Market...
2015_DC_NBF_Baldacci_15090513Natl Book Festival 2015 -- David Baldacci
David Baldacci is the best-selling author of more than 25 novels, of which several have been adapted for film and television. His books have been published and sold in over 45 languages and 80 countries, and have more than 110 million copies in print worldwide. A tireless advocate for literacy and the...
2015_DC_NBF_Maraniss_15090521Natl Book Festival 2015 -- David Maraniss
David Maraniss is an associate editor at The Washington Post who has recently published “Once in a Great City: A Detroit Story” (Simon & Schuster). Maraniss is a three-time Pulitzer Prize finalist and won the Pulitzer for national reporting in 1993 for his newspaper coverage of then presidential...
2015_DC_NBF_McCullough_15090536Natl Book Festival 2015 -- David McCullough
Librarian of Congress James H. Billington has called David McCullough the "citizen chronicler" for his meticulously researched and beautifully written historical books, such as the Pulitzer Prize winners "Truman" and "John Adams," the latter of which became an Emmy Award-winning miniseries on HBO. He is...
2015_DC_NBF_Larson_1509054Natl Book Festival 2015 -- Edward J. Larson
Historian and author Edward J. Larson is a professor of history and holds the Hugh & Hazel Darling Chair in Law at Pepperdine University. He received the Pulitzer Prize in History for his book “Summer for the Gods: The Scopes Trial and America's Continuing Debate Over Science and Religion.” His other...
2015_DC_NBF_Fenn_1509057Natl Book Festival 2015 -- Elizabeth A. Fenn
Pulitzer Prize-winning Elizabeth A. Fenn is an associate professor of history at the University of Colorado at Boulder. She is a distinguished scholar whose studies focus on the early American west, epidemic disease, Native American history and environmental history. Her dissertation was published in...
2015_DC_NBF_Thomas_15090520Natl Book Festival 2015 -- Evan Thomas w/David Rubenstein
Noted journalist and best-selling author Evan Thomas is well-known to viewers of the Washington public affairs show “Inside Washington,” which ceased production in 2013. He has worked for Time magazine, and has been editor-at-large at Newsweek since 2006. His book “The War Lovers: Roosevelt, Lodge,...
2015_DC_NBF_Anderson_1509053Natl Book Festival 2015 -- Gerald Anderson and Susan Orlins
Still Standing: How an ex-con found salvation in the floodwaters of Katrina
2015_DC_NBF_Graphic1_150905184Natl Book Festival 2015 -- Graphic Novels Part 1: Knight, Alcaraz, Stantis w/Michael Cavna
Keith Knight is a musician and cartoonist. His works include The K Chronicles, (Th)ink and The Knight Life series. He has received the Comic-Con Inkpot Award for career achievement, multiple Glyph Awards for best comic strip and the Harvey Kurtzman Award for best syndicated comic strip. His art has...
2015_DC_NBF_Graphic2_15090576Natl Book Festival 2015 -- Graphic Novels Part 2: Noomin, Lasko-Gorss, Robbins
Diane Noomin is a comics artist best known as the creator of Didi Glitz. She is one of the original contributors to Wimmen's Comix and is the editor of the anthology series Twisted Sisters. Her work has appeared in many books, magazines and underground comic publications, including Weirdo, Young Lust,...
2015_DC_NBF_Geronimo_15090510Natl Book Festival 2015 -- Harlyn Geronimo
Harlyn Geronimo is a Mescalero and Chiricahua Apache medicine man and the great-grandson of legendary Chiricahua Apache Chief Geronimo. He belongs to the Eastern Chiricahua Apaches known as Shá'i'ánde whose homelands are the Gila wilderness. The book “In Geronimo’s Footsteps: A Journey Beyond Legend”...
2015_DC_NBF_Wiencek_1509052Natl Book Festival 2015 -- Henry Wiencek
Henry Wiencek is a journalist, historian, editor and author of “Master of the Mountain: Thomas Jefferson and His Slaves” (Farrar, Straus & Giroux). His other books include “The Hairstons: An American Family in Black and White,” which won the National Book Critics’ Circle Award in biography, and “An...
2015_DC_NBF_Reed_1509054Natl Book Festival 2015 -- Ishmael Reed
Nominated for a Pulitzer Prize and a finalist for two National Book Awards, Ishmael Reed is a novelist, poet, playwright, editor, lyricist and essayist with more than 25 published books. His works include “Yellow Black Radio Broke-Down,” “The Last Days of Louisiana Red,” “Mixing It Up: Taking on the...
2015_DC_NBF_Winik_1509055Natl Book Festival 2015 -- Jay Winik
Best-selling author Jay Winik is a senior scholar of history and public policy at the University of Maryland who is best known for his book “April 1864: The Month That Saved America.” He is a regular contributor to The Wall Street Journal and his work is often published in The New York Times and The...
2015_DC_NBF_Theoharis_1509052Natl Book Festival 2015 -- Jeanne Theoharis
A professor of political science at the City University of New York’s Brooklyn College, Jeanne Theoharis is also an author of literature on civil rights struggles and political issues surrounding race in the U.S. Her latest work, “The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks” (Beacon Press), is a 2014 NAACP...
2015_DC_NBF_Holm_1509058Natl Book Festival 2015 -- Jennifer L. Holm
Jennifer L. Holm is a New York Times best-selling children’s author inspired by her own childhood. She has written the Newbery Honor-receiving novels “Turtle in Paradise,” “Penny from Heaven” and “Our Only May Amelia,” as well as the “Boston Jane” series. Instead of fighting with him for the comics...
2015_DC_NBF_Scieszka_1509052Natl Book Festival 2015 -- Jon Scieszka
Jon Scieszka was the first National Ambassador for Young People's Literature, a program sponsored by the Library of Congress Center for the Book and the Children’s Book Council. His zany, somewhat subversive sense of humor is evident in such best-sellers as “The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid...
2015_DC_NBF_Ellis_15090536Natl Book Festival 2015 -- Joseph Ellis w/David Rubenstein
Joseph Ellis, a professor teaching in the Leadership Studies program at Williams College, is a nationally recognized historian whose work focuses on the founders of the United States. The author of nine books, he has received the National Book Award in Nonfiction for "American Sphinx: The Character of...
2015_DC_NBF_Herrera_15090510Natl Book Festival 2015 -- Juan Felipe Herrera
Juan Felipe Herrera is the 2015-2016 Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry at the Library of Congress. In 2012, he was named poet laureate of California. Herrera is a winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for “Half the World in Light” and has received fellowships from the National Endowment for...
2015_DC_NBF_Bray_1509052Natl Book Festival 2015 -- Libba Bray
Libba Bray is the author of the Gemma Doyle trilogy, “Beauty Queens,” and the young adult novel “Going Bovine,” a winner of the Michael L. Printz Award. She has also written the Diviners series, whose latest addition is “Lair of Dreams: A Diviners Novel” (Hachette). In her spare time she sings and plays...
2015_DC_NBF_James_1509051Natl Book Festival 2015 -- Marlon James
Teacher and author Marlon James was born in Jamaica in 1970. He has written the novels “The Book of Night Women” and “John Crow’s Devil.” His most recent work is “A Brief History of Seven Killings” (Riverhead), which explores the political turmoil of late 1900s Jamaica through multiple perspectives....
2015_DC_NBF_Hope_1509057Natl Book Festival 2015 -- Mary Jordan and Kevin Sullivan ("Hope: A Memoir of Survival in Cleveland")
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Mary Jordan is an author and a national correspondent at The Washington Post, where she has covered a wide range of subjects including style, education and politics. For several years Jordan was the founding editor and moderator for Washington Post Live. She has hosted...
2015_DC_NBF_Misc_15090553Natl Book Festival 2015 -- Miscellaneous
2015_DC_NBF_Sis_1509054Natl Book Festival 2015 -- Peter Sis
Peter Sis is a critically acclaimed children’s author, illustrator and filmmaker. He is a MacArthur Fellow and has received three Caldecott Honors, a Robert Silbert Medal, four Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards and the Hans Christian Andersen Award for illustration. His books include “The Wall: Growing up...
2015_DC_NBF_PP_1509059Natl Book Festival 2015 -- Politics and Prose Area
2015_DC_NBF_Atkinson_15090512Natl Book Festival 2015 -- Rick Atkinson
A three-time Pulitzer Prize winner, Rick Atkinson has received acclaim for both his contemporary journalism as well as his historical writing. Atkinson has been a reporter for The Kansas City Times and The Washington Post. His first book was “The Long Gray Line: The American Journey of West Point’s...
2015_DC_NBF_Tahir_1509053Natl Book Festival 2015 -- Sabaa Tahir
Best-selling author Sabaa Tahir spent her childhood reading and listening to the radio in the Mojave Desert and dreaming of growing up as a pirate or bear. After graduating from the University of California, Los Angeles, she became an editor for the Washington Post. Her wildly popular debut novel, “An...
2015_DC_NBF_Moses_1509056Natl Book Festival 2015 -- Shelia P. Moses
Poet, author, playwright and producer Shelia P. Moses was raised the ninth of 10 children. She is the co-author of Dick Gregory's memoir, "Callus on My Soul," as well as the award-winning author of several books for young readers: "The Legend of Buddy Bush," "The Return of Buddy Bush," "Joseph's Grace,"...
2015_DC_NBF_Manzano_1509057Natl Book Festival 2015 -- Sonia Manzano
Sonia Manzano has touched the lives of millions since the early 1970s as the actress who defined the role of Maria on the acclaimed television series “Sesame Street.” She has won 15 Emmy Awards for her television writing and is the recipient of a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Academy of Arts and...
2015_DC_NBF_Pastis_15090597Natl Book Festival 2015 -- Stephan Pastis w/Michael Cavna
Stephan Pastis used to be a lawyer. Now, he is the award-winning cartoonist who creates “Pearls Before Swine,” a syndicated daily comic strip that runs in 750 newspapers around the world. The humorous comic strip’s host of friends—Rat, Pig, Goat and Zebra—deliver a smart, witty and painfully honest...
2015_DC_NBF_Isaacson_1509052Natl Book Festival 2015 -- Walter Isaacson
Walter Isaacson is the president and CEO of the Aspen Institute, a nonpartisan educational and policy studies organization based in the District of Columbia. He has been the chairman and CEO of CNN and editor of Time magazine. His biography of the visionary former head of Apple Inc., “Steve Jobs,” is a...
2015_DC_NBF_Mosley_1509054Natl Book Festival 2015 -- Walter Mosley
Walter Mosley is the author of more than 40 books, including the critically acclaimed Easy Rawlins mystery series. His work has been translated into more than 20 languages and spans genres including literary fiction, science fiction, mystery and young adult novels. His first Easy Rawlins novel, “Devil...
2016_DC_NBF_Shaped_16092438Natl Book Festival 2016 -- A Book That Shaped Me Contest / Letters About Literature
A Book That Shaped Me Contest
"A Book That Shaped Me” is a summer writing contest that encourages rising fifth and sixth graders to reflect on a book that has had a personal impact on their lives. The contest is administered through local public library systems in the Mid-Atlantic region. Top winners...
2016_DC_NBF_Becker_1609247Natl Book Festival 2016 -- Aaron Becker
Aaron Becker
Illustrator Aaron Becker attended Pomona College and performed his first illustration job designing t-shirts for the water polo team. He is best known for his wordless children’s book, “Journey,” which received a Caldecott Honor in 2014. “Journey” is followed by “Quest” and the latest book...
2016_DC_NBF_Beaty_1609243Natl Book Festival 2016 -- Andrea Beaty
Andrea Beaty
Andrea Beaty is a best-selling author of children’s books. Her published works include “Rosie Revere, Engineer,” “Iggy Peck, Architect,” “Attack of the Fluffy Bunnies,” “Hide and Sheep” and “Artist Ted.” Beaty has received the Friends of American Writers Award, Parents Choice Silver and...
2016_DC_NBF_TJefferson_16092419Natl Book Festival 2016 -- Annette Gordon-Reed and Peter S. Onuf
Annette Gordon-Reed
Annette Gordon-Reed, a professor of law and history at Harvard University, is one of the country's most distinguished presidential scholars. She received the 2009 Pulitzer Prize in history for her book "The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family." Her first book was the...
2016_DC_NBF_Breathed_16092471Natl Book Festival 2016 -- Berkeley Breathed
Berkeley Breathed
Berkeley Breathed is a Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist, children’s book author and illustrator, director and screenwriter best known for the comic strip Bloom County. His children’s books include “Pete and Pickles,” “Flawed Dogs: The Shocking Raid on Westminster” and “Mars Needs...
2016_DC_NBF_Woodward_16092423Natl Book Festival 2016 -- Bob Woodward
Bob Woodward
Bob Woodward has worked for The Washington Post since 1971. He has won nearly every American journalism award, and the Post won the 1973 Pulitzer Prize for his work with Carl Bernstein on the Watergate scandal. In addition, Woodward was the main reporter for the Post’s articles on the...
2016_DC_NBF_Gingrich_1609249Natl Book Festival 2016 -- Callista Gingrich
Callista Gingrich
Callista Gingrich is the best-selling author of the Ellis the Elephant children’s book series. She is the president of Gingrich Productions and produces historical and public policy documentaries with her husband, former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich. Previously, she worked for...
2016_DC_NBF_Trillin_1609245Natl Book Festival 2016 -- Calvin Trillin
Calvin Trillin
Calvin Trillin is a journalist, humorist, food writer, poet, memoirist and novelist. He is best known for his humorous work on food and eating, but he also writes serious journalism, comic verse and fiction books. After a stint in the U.S. Army, Trillin worked as a reporter for Time...
2016_DC_NBF_Millard_16092410Natl Book Festival 2016 -- Candice Millard
Candice Millard
Candice Millard is a former writer and editor for National Geographic magazine. Her first book, "The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey," was a New York Times best-seller and was named one of the best books of the year by, among others, The New York Times, The...
2016_DC_NBF_BR_16092479Natl Book Festival 2016 -- Darrin Bell and Michael Ramirez
Darrin Bell
Darrin Bell is an award-winning comics artist and writer best known for his work on nationally syndicated comic strip “Candorville” and “Rudy Park.” He is also a syndicated editorial cartoonist for the Washington Post Writers Group and a storyboard artist. Bell’s work challenges social,...
2016_DC_NBF_CL_1609246Natl Book Festival 2016 -- Doreen Cronin and Betsy Lewin
Doreen Cronin
Doreen Cronin majored in journalism in college and after graduation spent years in publishing before deciding to go to law school. She practiced law in New York before turning to writing children's books full time. Her best-selling, award-winning books include "Click, Clack, Moo: Cows...


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