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Library of Congress Experience
Beginning in the spring of 2008, visitors to Washington, DC will be able to experience Library of Congress, the world's greatest repository of knowledge and creativity, as never before. 
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National Book Festival
The National Book Festival celebrates the joy of reading and the creativity of America's authors, illustrators, and poets. Since 2001, this popular annual event has brought hundreds of thousands of book lovers to the National Mall to see and hear their favorite writers and to get their books signed. Over the years such luminaries as David McCullough, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Khaled Hosseini, Sue Grafton, Terry Pratchett, Geraldine Brooks, Julie Andrews, Michael Connelly, Kareem Abdul Jabbar, Barbara Taylor Bradford, Mary Pope Osborne, and Marc Brown have been featured at the festival. The 2008 National Book Festival will be held on September 27.
The James Madison Council is a festival patron. For more information on the festival, visit the web site at www.loc.gov/bookfest.