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Opportunity Alert‼️

The Library of Congress is seeking applicants for its next Junior Fellows Program, a summer internship held remotely and onsite from May 19 to July 25, 2025. The deadline to apply is Monday, Nov. 18, 2024. Prospective applicants can read the full list of projects and apply to the program by visiting:
loc.gov/item/internships/junior-fellows-program

Photo: 2024 Junior Fellows in the Music Division stand in the Performing Arts Reading Room.

Opportunity Alert!

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Teachers, join Wreathes Across America and the Veteran’s History Project to learn more about this exciting opportunity to make a difference in your community and for your students!

"Library specialists at the National Audio-Visual Conservation Center work to preserve the audio heritage of America. Also: A rare device points the faithful to Islam’s holiest site for their daily prayers, and a small set of letters reveals Albert Einstein’s brief affair with Margarita Konenkova."

https://www.loc.gov/lcm/pdf/LCM_2024_0708.pdf

What’s New Online at the Library of Congress: June 2024

What’s New Online at the Library of Congress: June 2024 | The Signal Interested in learning more about what’s new in the Library of Congress’ digital collections? The Signal shares updates on new additions to our digital collections and we love showing off all the hard work of our colleagues from across the Library. Read on for a sample of what’s been added rec...

A Look Back at a Year of Primary Source Learning

This post is by Tyron Bey, the 2023-2024 Library of Congress Teacher in Residence.

A Look Back at a Year of Primary Source Learning | Teaching with the Library Tyron Bey takes a look back at his year as Library of Congress Teacher in Residence.

“Montani semper liberi”

Today in History - June 20 Mountaineers Always Freemen

Explore how a poem can spur classroom activities on child labor.

“Canned Childhood”: Encouraging Student Understanding of Progressive Era Issues and Reform Strategies Through a Poem Related to Child Labor | Teaching with the Library Explore how a poem can spur classroom activities on child labor.

In the early morning hours of June 6, 1944, Americans received word that three years of concerted war efforts had finally culminated in D-day–military jargon for the undisclosed time of a planned British, American, and Canadian action.

Today in History - June 6 D-Day: Operation Overlord | John Trumbull

Pride Month: Transcribe Walt Whitman?

Pride Month: Transcribe Walt Whitman? | Timeless Volunteers have been working over the past five years to transcribe the Library’s manuscripts of Walt Whitman, one of the nation’s most iconic poets, from three major collections. Can you help proofread the final 4,000 pages? This June, the Library is hoping you'll do just that as we celebrate P...