Online Highways Home > DC > Washington City Map with Features Library of Congress Located across from the capitol at First Street and Independence Avenue, the library is a complex of three buildings. Founded in 1800 to serve the needs of congressional members, the library consisted of a small collection housed in the U.S. Capitol. After the collection was destroyed in the War of 1812, Thomas Jefferson's personal collection of more than 6,000 volums formed the basis of the new national library. The library now includes 17 million books and pamphlets, more than 49 million manuscripts and extensive files of maps, prints, photographs, musical scores, recordings, newspapers, reels of microfilm and the papers of 23 U.S. Presidents. Read reviews and find hotels in Washington. Location: Washington DC Telephone 202-707-8000 See more History. Other upcoming events include:

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misterdymund "I'm constantly amazed at the large number of men who brush their teeth at the library."
rdlittle "So happy to see a christmas tree in a public library. http://tweetphoto.com/5817176"
hmh25 "Shoot I had no idea there was free parking at the library after 6pm!"
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marksteger "David Smith, a candidate for Congress (really!), says I was "very fair" in my analysis of his chances (double really!). http://bit.ly/5ikdRn"
xfrosch "@OTOOLEFAN about as secret as the secret Christian fellowship that half of Congress belongs to that I hear about on cable news every night."
djg "US Congress designated the week of December 7, 2009 as National Computer Science Education Week. Hoorah, CS as a major needs more exposure!"
sinapps "RT @ABC Congress Split on ob Data: Economy unexpectedly shed about 11,000 last month http://bit.ly/8rLz41 And guess how it's split..."
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marcirish "RT @ArrghPaine: @maddow exposing just how much "oversight" congress really has these days... I'm still more comfortble with Obama than B ..."
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mattclausen "@Jennifaa_ Bush was a pretty crappy president. also President's can't legislate by fiat. as far as Congress' scorecard, it's pretty decent"
elisestrella "@juliusbabao "A consensus means that everyone agrees to say collectively what no one believes individually."-Abba Eban. For Congress ba ito?"
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