Library of Congress

American  

noun

1. one of the major library collections in the world, located in Washington, D.C., and functioning in some ways as the national library of the U.S. although not officially designated as such: established by Congress in 1800 for service to its members, but now also serving government agencies, other libraries, and the public.

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Library of Congress Cultural  

1. The largest library in the United States, located in Washington, D.C., and maintained largely by federal appropriations. Its original purpose was to provide research facilities for members of Congress; today it serves the public as well. Most copyrighted publications are catalogued by the Library of Congress, whose classification system is used by major libraries around the country.

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Library of Congress

Library of Congress and inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026

In 2020, the song was added to the National Recording Registry by the US Library of Congress, as well as the Grammy Hall of Fame.

From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026

Families can also decide whether to make their recordings available via the StoryCorps archive or the Library of Congress, or share them publicly as part of a special Prego Collection, per the company’s official website.

From Salon ● Apr. 27, 2026

Today it is in the Library of Congress, with its bottom third torn off, demonstrating that the first copies of the Declaration were made for immediate use rather than historic preservation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 3, 2026

At the end of 1952, they bought a run-down house on Capitol Hill, chiefly because it was a short walk to the Library of Congress and the Folger Shakespeare Library.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield