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Army Aeroplane, San Antonio (LOC) by The Library of Congress on Flickr.
Check out this wicked old photo from the Library of Congress! San Antonio is the location of the first military flight in the United States, which this photo depicts so awesomely, of course.
The Library of Congress recently launched a new exhibition about Books That Shaped America. It features influential books that were written by Americans, such as
- Catch-22
- The Catcher in the Rye
- The Great Gatsby
- To Kill a Mockingbird
- Little Women
- Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Currently, there are 88 books on the list and the Library of Congress hopes you will select the ones that you think shaped America and touched your life the most. They also want you to nominate books that you think are important, but aren’t on the list.
View the list of books that shaped America and then take the survey to share your thoughts.
Sweet.
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Image description: This photograph from 1943 shows a woman in Tennessee operating a hand drill while working on a “Vengeance” dive bomber.
Image courtesy of the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division
