Who among you has never been in this library . Ok. Quite a few. In the event you have not been in this building before, welcome to the World Largest library. The greatest and most extensive Cultural Institution on the planet. Your very own library of congress. It was founded in 1800s, not long after the founding of this country. It was conceived as a place that would furnish congress and the American Government with the information it needed is a carried out its duties representing all of us. Tially, the library in 1813, the british army invaded washington in the Capital Building caught fire. It was engulfed in flames. All of the libraries books were burned to ashes. Thomas jefferson, who owned the largest collection of books in the country at the time, almost 7000 volumes in his house, offered to sell his books to the u. S. Government to refill the library. Congress trump. That chance, and now you can see jeffersons own books, original volumes, sitting at the very heart of this buildi
To the Worlds Largest live every. The greatest and most extensive Cultural Institution on the planet. The nations very own, your very own library of congress. Founded in 1800, not long after the founding of this country. It was conceived as a place that would furnish congress and the American Government with the information and need as it carried out duties of representing all of us. Initially the library was housed in the u. S. Capitol which sits across the street from here. In 1813, the british army invaded washington and the Capital Building caught fire. It was engulfed in the flames. All the libraries books were burned to ashes. Thomas jefferson who owned the largest collection of books in the country at the ate, 7000 volumes sitting his house, offered to sell the books to refill the library shelves. Congress jumped at the chance and now you can see jeffersons own book, those original volumes, sitting at the heart of this building. Since the arrival of those books , 6487 of them, t