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國會圖書館 (The
Library of Congress) 正式對外開放
1897年11月1日
西元1980年，這棟大樓被命名為湯瑪斯‧傑佛遜大樓，以彰顯美國的第三任總統。西元1815年，傑佛遜把他個人共6487本藏書賣給國會圖書館，使得那些在1812年戰爭中，被英國士兵燒燬的館藏得到補充。
現在這間圖書館有多大呢？美國國會收藏多數的館藏在這三層建築物中。事實上，如果將所有的書架一座接一座的排列，他們將綿延超過五百英哩!
拜訪你的國會圖書館吧!
In 1980, the building was named the Thomas Jefferson Building in honor of the nation's third president. In 1815, Jefferson sold his personal collection of 6,487 books to the Library, helping to rebuild the holdings that had been destroyed when the British burned the Capitol during the War of 1812.
How big is the library today? Congress houses most of its collections in three buildings on Capitol Hill. In fact, if all the bookshelves in the library were laid end to end, they would stretch over 500 miles! Take a visit to your Library of Congress.
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