Don Homuth, from West Salem has donated his rare “flat world map” to the Library of Congress, as reported by US news sites, June, 2011. The flat world map was given to Don Homuth by his math teacher 40 years ago. The map is an original “Map of the Square and Stationary Earth” created 1n [...]
Don Homuth Donates Rare, Orlando Ferguson’s “Flat World Map” to the Library of Congress
July 2nd, 2011 · No Comments
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Long Exposure: Looking Back on the Civil War in Photographs – Big Think
April 13th, 2011 · No Comments
Long Exposure: Looking Back on the Civil War in Photographs – Big Think USA Today Long Exposure: Looking Back on the Civil War in PhotographsBig ThinkThis year marks the sesquicentennial of the beginning in April 1861 of the American Civil War, the first American armed conflict to be caught on camera. A new exhibition of [...]
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Traveling history stops in Mankato
November 10th, 2010 · No Comments
The Library of Congress’ traveling exhibit has rolled into Mankato, and history is everywhere.
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Mind-boggling, awe-inspiring legacy of a bibliophile president MalaysiaNews.net
December 12th, 2009 · No Comments
Mind-boggling, awe-inspiring legacy of a bibliophile president MalaysiaNews.net LARA MARLOWE From Thomas Jefferson’s original bequest of 6,000 books the Library of Congress has grown into a vast cultural institution“I CANNOT live without books,” Thomas Jefferson…
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