Library of Congress Pavilion
The Library of Congress Pavilion is the place to learn about the national library—the largest in the world.

Highlights from the Library of congress web site
Library staff at eight computers will show you highlights of the award-winning Web site, featuring America’s Library, the site for kids and families; The Learning Page, for teachers and students; American Memory, an archive of more than 8.5 million items; and the Library’s online exhibitions, with virtual tours of more than 40 Library exhibitions.

Two touch-screen computer kiosks will be available for children and adults alike, showcasing games from the America’s Library Web site.

Plenty of free posters, bookmarks and buttons will be handed out. And don’t forget to get the free CD-ROM “Journey into the Soul of the Nation: America’s Library,” which will introduce you to the diversity and richness of the resources of the Library of Congress, as well as its Veterans History Project and highlights of last year’s National Book Festival.

Veterans History Project
Created by the U.S. Congress, the Veterans History Project (www.loc.gov/vets) is a growing collection of oral histories, memoirs, letters and photographs of personal accounts of war experiences submitted by veterans and civilian supporters. You can record your wartime story in this pavilion and become a part of the nation’s history or learn how to participate at a later time. Purchase a limited edition of Voices of War: Stories of Service from the Home Front and the Front Lines, the first book about the richness and depth of the Veterans History Project collection. Local veterans featured in the book, along with the author, Tom Wiener, will be available to answer questions, share stories and sign books. Published by National Geographic in association with the Library of Congress, Voices of War will be released nationally on November 11, Veterans Day.

AARP is the founding sponsor of the project, with hundreds of organizations across the country also participating.

Voices of Civil Rights
Voices of Civil Rights is a joint project between the Library of Congress, AARP and the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights. Over the next year, the project will collect and preserve thousands of personal stories, oral histories, photographs and personal artifacts of the civil rights movement in America. The collection will form the world’s largest archive of personal accounts of America’s struggle for justice and equality and will be permanently housed at the Library of Congress. You can add your story in the Library of Congress Pavilion or later at www.voicesofcivilrights.org.