Garth Brooks performs at the 2024 Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song tribute concert honoring Elton John and Bernie Taupin at DAR Constitution Hall in Washington.

The Congress acted as a makeshift central government, creating the Continental Army, electing George Washington as its commander and issuing paper currency. It asked each colony to provide ...

Arguably the most magnificent building in Washington, the U.S. Capitol ... walk along East Capitol Street to the Library of Congress. Comprising three buildings and housing more than 164 million ...

James Madison suggested the idea of developing a congressional library at the new capital Washington City. Before that, the ...