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By Tom Williams

Posted April 11, 2023 at 6:17pm

Visitors take pictures in the Main Reading Room of the Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building on Tuesday as part of a program that opens it to the public. The room, which is usually reserved for researchers, will be open to guests a few hours a day, Tuesdays-Fridays.

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