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[image] 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗟𝗗'𝗦 𝗟𝗔𝗥𝗚𝗘𝗦𝗧 𝗟𝗜𝗕𝗥𝗔𝗥𝗬 The Library of Congress is far more than a beautiful building in Washington, D.C.—it is the largest library in the world and one of America's greatest cultural treasures. With more than 180 million books, maps, photographs,

[image] 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗙𝗜𝗩𝗘 𝗖𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗧𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗦𝗛𝗔𝗣𝗘𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗔𝗠𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗡 𝗥𝗘𝗩𝗢𝗟𝗨𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 🇺🇸 🧵 Before the United States became a nation of millions, just five cities dominated life in the American colonies. These were the largest population centers at the start of the

[image] 𝗪𝗛𝗘𝗡 𝗡𝗢𝗥𝗧𝗛 𝗖𝗔𝗥𝗢𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗔 𝗟𝗘𝗗 𝗔𝗠𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗔'𝗦 𝗙𝗜𝗥𝗦𝗧 𝗚𝗢𝗟𝗗 𝗥𝗨𝗦𝗛 Long before California struck gold, North Carolina was at the center of America's first gold rush. This 1833 map by Henry S. Tanner highlights the state's famous "Gold Region," where

[image] 𝗪𝗛𝗘𝗡 𝗧𝗘𝗫𝗔𝗦 𝗚𝗔𝗩𝗘 𝗨𝗣 𝗔 𝗤𝗨𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝗢𝗙 𝗜𝗧𝗦 𝗟𝗔𝗡𝗗 Published in 1852 by Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co. and compiled by J. H. Young, this was the first widely distributed atlas map to show Texas' new boundaries following the Compromise of 1850. Texas

[image] 𝗪𝗛𝗘𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗟𝗢𝗡𝗘 𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗥 𝗥𝗘𝗣𝗨𝗕𝗟𝗜𝗖 𝗝𝗢𝗜𝗡𝗘𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗨𝗡𝗜𝗢𝗡 On June 23, 1845, the Congress of the Republic of Texas voted to annex the state to the United States, which resulted in one of the most dramatic expansions in American history. Texas was an

[image] 𝗚𝗥𝗘𝗘𝗡 𝗠𝗢𝗨𝗡𝗧𝗔𝗜𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗨𝗡𝗗𝗘𝗥: 𝗔𝗠𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗔’𝗦 𝗙𝗜𝗥𝗦𝗧 𝗕𝗢𝗟𝗗 𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗜𝗞𝗘 In the first phase of the American Revolution, the Green Mountain Boys attacked Fort Ticonderoga in New York and took much-needed cannons and military supplies from the British.

[image] 𝗛𝗔𝗣𝗣𝗬 𝟮𝟱𝟬𝗧𝗛 𝗜𝗡𝗗𝗘𝗣𝗘𝗡𝗗𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗘 𝗗𝗔𝗬, 𝗔𝗠𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗔! 🇺🇸

[image] 𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗧𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗔 𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗟𝗗 On June 15, 1607, English colonists finished building James Fort at Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement in North America. The fort was triangular in shape and was built on the James River in Virginia. It protected the

[image] 𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗗 𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗚: 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗖𝗔𝗧𝗧𝗟𝗘 𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗢𝗙 𝗦𝗢𝗨𝗧𝗛 𝗧𝗘𝗫𝗔𝗦 Richard King (1824–1885) transformed a modest South Texas ranch into the legendary King Ranch—one of the largest and most influential ranches in American history. Starting as a Mississippi River

[image] 𝗔 𝗥𝗘𝗩𝗢𝗟𝗨𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗔𝗥𝗬 𝗖𝗥𝗬 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗟𝗜𝗕𝗘𝗥𝗧𝗬: 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗣𝗜𝗡𝗘 𝗧𝗥𝗘𝗘 𝗕𝗔𝗡𝗡𝗘𝗥 𝗢𝗙 𝟭𝟳𝟳𝟱 As rebellion spread across the American colonies in 1775, the Pine Tree Banner emerged as one of the Revolution’s earliest and most recognizable symbols of resistance

[image] 𝗦𝗧𝗢𝗡𝗘𝗪𝗔𝗟𝗟 𝗝𝗔𝗖𝗞𝗦𝗢𝗡'𝗦 𝗙𝗜𝗡𝗔𝗟 𝗩𝗔𝗟𝗟𝗘𝗬 𝗩𝗜𝗖𝗧𝗢𝗥𝗬 On This Day — June 9, 1862 The Battle of Port Republic was the final battle of Confederate General Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson’s legendary Shenandoah Valley Campaign. Jackson's forces fought near Port

[image] Million Dollar View: The Shasta Daylight in Motion

[image] 𝗔𝗠𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗔'𝗦 𝗚𝗛𝗢𝗦𝗧 𝗔𝗥𝗠𝗬 During World War II, the U.S. Army created one of its best-kept secrets: the Ghost Army. Made up of just 1,100 soldiers, the 23rd Headquarters Special Troops didn't win battles with bullets alone. Instead, they fooled German forces using

[image] 𝗦𝗨𝗡𝗗𝗔𝗬 𝗠𝗢𝗥𝗡𝗜𝗡𝗚 🇺🇸

[image] 𝗔 𝗪𝗛𝗔𝗟𝗘𝗕𝗔𝗖𝗞 𝗙𝗥𝗘𝗜𝗚𝗛𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝗡𝗔𝗩𝗜𝗚𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗦 𝗔𝗠𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗔'𝗦 𝗚𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧 𝗟𝗔𝗞𝗘𝗦 𝗚𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗪𝗔𝗬

[image] 𝗖𝗛𝗘𝗩𝗥𝗢𝗟𝗘𝗧'𝗦 𝟭𝟵𝟮𝟱 𝗣𝗥𝗢𝗠𝗜𝗦𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗔𝗙𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗗𝗔𝗕𝗟𝗘 𝗙𝗥𝗘𝗘𝗗𝗢𝗠

[image] 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗠𝗔𝗡 𝗪𝗛𝗢 𝗕𝗨𝗜𝗟𝗧 𝗔𝗠𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗔'𝗦 𝗡𝗔𝗩𝗬 On July 5, 1801, David Glasgow Farragut was born in Knoxville, Tennessee, beginning the life of the man who would become one of the greatest naval leaders in American history. Entering the U.S. Navy as a boy, Farragut

[image] 𝗡𝗢. 𝟰𝟱𝟰𝟳: 𝗔 𝗣𝗔𝗧𝗥𝗜𝗢𝗧𝗜𝗖 𝗟𝗢𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗢𝗧𝗜𝗩𝗘🇺🇸 Unveiled in partnership with Wabtec, Union Pacific's commemorative locomotive No. 4547 celebrates President Donald J. Trump with a striking patriotic design unlike any other locomotive in the railroad's fleet. The

[image] 𝗩𝗜𝗥𝗚𝗜𝗡𝗜𝗔 & 𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗬𝗟𝗔𝗡𝗗: 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗗𝗨𝗧𝗖𝗛 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗧 𝗧𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗠𝗔𝗣𝗣𝗘𝗗 𝗘𝗡𝗚𝗟𝗜𝗦𝗛 𝗔𝗠𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗔 Published in Amsterdam around 1695, this remarkable sea chart by Johannes van Keulen depicts the Chesapeake Bay, Virginia, Maryland, and the surrounding Atlantic

[image] 𝗔 𝗦𝗨𝗠𝗠𝗘𝗥 𝗦𝗧𝗢𝗥𝗠 𝗢𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗔𝗠𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗡 𝗖𝗢𝗔𝗦𝗧 🇺🇸

[image] 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗠𝗔𝗡 𝗪𝗛𝗢 𝗕𝗨𝗜𝗟𝗧 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗨.𝗦. 𝗡𝗔𝗩𝗬 On June 18, 1798, Benjamin Stoddert was sworn in as the first Secretary of the Navy, taking command of a service that was largely on paper. During the Quasi-War, threats from French privateers increased, and Stoddert

[image] 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗠𝗜𝗡𝗨𝗧𝗘 𝗠𝗔𝗡: 𝗪𝗛𝗘𝗥𝗘 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗔𝗠𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗡 𝗥𝗘𝗩𝗢𝗟𝗨𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗕𝗘𝗚𝗔𝗡 🇺🇸

[image] 𝗖𝗟𝗔𝗦𝗦𝗜𝗖 𝗔𝗠𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗡 𝗘𝗡𝗚𝗜𝗡𝗘𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗡𝗚 🇺🇸 🚘

[image] 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗬𝗗𝗔𝗬 𝗖𝗔𝗥 𝗧𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗙𝗘𝗟𝗧 𝗘𝗫𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗢𝗥𝗗𝗜𝗡𝗔𝗥𝗬

[image] 𝗢𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗗𝗔𝗬 𝗜𝗡 𝟭𝟵𝟰𝟴: 𝗔𝗠𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗔 𝗕𝗜𝗗 𝗙𝗔𝗥𝗘𝗪𝗘𝗟𝗟 𝗧𝗢 𝗚𝗘𝗡𝗘𝗥𝗔𝗟 𝗝𝗢𝗛𝗡 𝗝. 𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗦𝗛𝗜𝗡𝗚

[image] 𝗟𝗢𝗡𝗚 𝗜𝗦𝗟𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗕𝗘𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗘 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗦𝗨𝗕𝗨𝗥𝗕𝗦 — 𝟭𝟴𝟱𝟳 Published by J. H. Colton & Co. in New York, this beautifully hand-colored map captures Long Island at a pivotal moment in American history. Brooklyn was expanding rapidly, while much of the island remained

[image] 𝗔 𝗛𝗘𝗟𝗣𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗜𝗦 𝗔𝗟𝗪𝗔𝗬𝗦 𝗔𝗩𝗔𝗜𝗟𝗔𝗕𝗟𝗘 ⚓️

[image] 𝗖𝗢𝗔𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗟 𝗣𝗢𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗟 𝗢𝗙𝗙𝗜𝗖𝗘 ⛵️

[image] 𝗢𝗡𝗘-𝗥𝗢𝗢𝗠 𝗦𝗖𝗛𝗢𝗢𝗟𝗛𝗢𝗨𝗦𝗘 — 𝗢𝗡𝗘 𝗧𝗘𝗔𝗖𝗛𝗘𝗥, 𝗧𝗪𝗢 𝗦𝗧𝗨𝗗𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗦