On August 6, 1890, baseball great Cy Young pitched his first professional game, leading the Cleveland Spiders past the Chicago Colts. Continue reading.
Today's blog post announces the upcoming Foreign and Comparative International Law Webinar on August 28 at 2:00 PM, focusing on Japan's legal framework in regards to earthquake mitigation strategies.
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Deadline Approaching for the 2025 National Film Registry Recommendations due by August 15, 2025
It’s that time of year! There are less than two weeks left to submit your recommendations for the 2025 National Film Registry. More details and nomination form included.
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The Creek Rocks, AFC’s First Artists in Resonance, in Concert August 21
The Creek Rocks, the first recipients of the American Folklife Center’s Artists in Resonance fellowship, will return to the Library of Congress on August 21 to perform in the Coolidge Auditorium. They’ll be playing their own arrangements of songs they gleaned from AFC’s deep Ozark Mountain collections as part of their fellowship research. In this post, we’ll introduce you to the band and link you to some fun resources, including music, interviews, and an Ozark mountain podcast. And, of course, we’ll provide the concert details!
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On the birthday of comedian Lucille Ball, we are highlighting a story by Look Magazine staff photographer Charlotte Brooks documenting Ball’s return to her hometown at the height of I Love Lucy’s popularity. The post will draw from the Look Magazine Photograph Collection, as well as papers from the Charlotte Brooks Archive.
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Germany: Amended Law Suspends Family Reunification for Certain Refugees
On July 24, 2025, an amendment to the German Residence Act (Aufenthaltsgesetz, AufenthG) entered into force, suspending family reunification for two years for refugees with subsidiary protection status, a classification given to those at risk of harm in their country of origin. The amendment also added “restriction of migration” as a policy goal, along with …
This summer, teens learned about the Library of Congress as part of the High School Summer Internship. Follow along as five program participants preview The Source, the Library’s new education center, by sharing about the literature, poetry, and art that they connected with this summer.
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