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Volume 15, No. 20 A Weekly Newspaper for the Library Staff May 28, 2004 400 Volunteers Interview Vets on the Mall early 400 Veterans said Beverly Lindsey, acting Histor y Project director of the Veterans His- N(VHP) volunteers, tory Project. including LC staff mem- “It’s coming together great. bers, are interviewing We’re just hoping for good World War II veterans and weather,” said VHP publicist civilians who supported Anneliesa Clump Behrend. them during the National The Library’s Veterans His- World War II Reunion on tory Project is one of several the National Mall in Wash- organizations participating ington, D.C., this Memorial in the four-day event, which Day weekend, May 27-30. will include ceremonies In addition, the VHP and activities produced by is presenting more than the Smithsonian Center for 30 hours of panel discus- Folklife and Cultural Heritage sions at its performance and the American Battle Mon- stage and pavilion near uments Commission. National the National Air and Space Reunion events will take place Museum (see schedule on on the mall in seven pavilions Veterans’ stories gathered on the National Mall this weekend will join page 5). those of Major William Valentine Loncaric, shown here, whose D-Day and on two performance “We will be taking assignment was to “carry the maps” and help his Corps Headquarters stages, including those of the advantage of this historic establish command of the Omaha and Utah beaches. He contributed a Veterans History Project. gathering of World War scrapbook containing these snapshots to the Veterans History Project. The National Reunion coin- His photos and account of the invasion and his arrival at Dachau may be II veterans to capture as found in a new VHP Web site collection, D-Day 60th Anniversary June 6, cides with the American Battle many wartime memories 1944-2004, on the VHP Web site, www.loc.gov/vets. Monuments Commission’s as possible. The unfortu- dedication of the National nate truth is that this Great- War II veterans die each day and, with World War II Memorial on est Generation is of an age that makes our each death, we lose a valuable piece Saturday, May 29. task urgent. Approximately 1,100 World of the national story of World War II,” VHP, ContinuesContinues onon pagepage 4 Library Long Remembers Its World War II Dead he names of 15 Library employ- days’ work, their names are inscribed in and lettering of the marble panel, which, ees who died in World War II simple dignity as a reminder to us always according to Library records, cost less T are memorialized in gold letters of the devotion which they gave to pre- than the printing of the program for the incised in a white marble panel in the serving and maintaining a civilization ceremony. south corridor of the Great Hall of the in which free men enjoy the benefi ts of Acting Librarian of Congress Verner Thomas Jefferson Building. great liberal institutions,” Col. Willard W. Clapp spoke at the ceremony attended The memorial panel, often referred to Webb said at the 1948 ceremony com- by some 800 Library employees—then at the Library as the “Roll of Honor,” was memorating the memorial. half the staff of 1,600. Commander H. W. unveiled at a memorial ceremony at the The head of the former Stack and Howe, representing the Navy, gave the site at 10 a.m. on Dec. 7, 1948. Reader Division, Colonel Webb had invocation, and Maj. Gen. Luther Miller, “Here in the stately marble corridors, headed the memorial project. Staff con- the Army’s chief of chaplains, gave the where once they passed to and fro in their tributed $1,242 to pay for the engraving MEMORIAL, Continues on page 5 2 THE GAZETTE MAY 28, 2004

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The Veterans History Project invites all veterans and civilians who served to visit the Veterans History Project Pavilion on the Mall during the weekend and to contribute their stories to the archives of veterans’ histories, which is part of the Library’s American Folklife Center. “The National World War II Reunion will be the largest-ever gathering of World War II veterans,” said Diane Kresh, coordi- nator of the VHP volunteers at the Library. “Our aim is to collect as many stories

as possible over the four-day period. Frank Evina These stories will fi nd a permanent home in the archives of the Veterans History An application for copyright Project along with the oral histories of in the visual arts category was veterans from other wars already in our fi led on Monday, May 24, for collection.” the bronze sculptures that Kresh said many LC staff members Raymond Kaskey created for the new World War II Memorial recruited their family members and designed by architect Friedrich friends to help them collect on-the-spot St. Florian. The registration interviews from World War II veterans application included copy- and civilians who served in support of right in the bronze eagles with wreaths in the Atlantic and them. In addition, several congressional Pacifi c pavilions, shown here. staff members volunteered as did several The deposit included color Frank Evina local schools and the U.S. Senate Page photographs of the sculptures after they School. were installed, along with artistic render- ings and numerous sketches showing “People not only volunteered, but various elevations. they formed this incredible network of gressional Relations Offi ce will provide volunteers. We’re really excited by the special hospitality, information about numbers of people who are willing to give lect oral histories at the Pentagon parking the project, and a tour of the Library for up their time to give something back,” lot from 7 a.m. to noon on Sunday, May those special visitors. Kresh said. 30, when Rolling Thunder motorcyclists Visitors to Washington are invited to In teams of two, armed with tape will assemble for the Rolling Thunder, the Library’s “American Treasures” exhibi- recorders, these volunteers will roam Inc. XVII/Ride for Freedom. tion gallery to view “From the Home Front the National Mall to record the wartime Volunteers videotaped members of to the Front Lines,” a display of materials experiences of World War II veterans and Rolling Thunder Virginia Chapter 3 as from the Veterans History Project collec- home front workers. Veterans also will they washed the walls of the Vietnam tion. Located in the Southwest Gallery be interviewed at the VHP pavilion. Veterans Memorial in preparation for the of the Jefferson Building, this exhibition Volunteers participating from schools Memorial Day weekend. highlights experiences of World War throughout the region include Connelly In addition, more than 30 hours of I, World War II, Korean, Vietnam and School of the Holy Child, Potomac, Md.; panel discussions will take place at the Persian Gulf veterans with first-hand Georgetown Day School, Washington, VHP Pavilion during the four days. Topics, accounts of war through letters, photo- D.C.; Rutgers University’s Oral History times and participants are listed in a box graphs, diaries, albums, maps, fl ags and Archive, N.J.; St. Andrew’s Episcopal on page 5. Check the Web site at www. newspaper clippings. School, Potomac, Md.; U.S. Senate Page loc.gov/vets for complete details. Also of interest to visitors in town for School, Washington, DC; and West Congressional constituents visiting the National World War II reunion is a Virginia University’s Perley Isaac Reed Washington for the National World War Library exhibition of materials illustrating School of Journalism, Morgantown, W.V. II Reunion are invited to the Library’s Winston Churchill’s lifelong regard for These schools join the other 150 public Whittall Pavilion in the Jefferson Building and relationship to the “Great Repub- and private schools around the country from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., May 27 - 29. LC lic.” Both of these exhibitions are open already participating in the project. staff from the Veterans History Project, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through The roving interviewers also will col- the American Folklife Center and the Con- Saturday. ❑ MAY 28, 2004 THE GAZETTE 5

MEMORIAL, Continued from Page 1 Arthur Morse Andersen, 32. Born taking off from a Marshall island on a in Philip, S.D., on May 24, 1912, he earned mission to Saipan. benediction. college degrees in science and public Millard MacDonald Bennett, 27. The program included a poem, “The affairs. He worked for the South Dakota Born at Fort Pierre, S.D., he had a history Young Dead Soldiers Do Not Speak,” State Senate and the U.S. Department of of working and going to college. By farm- written by poet Archibald MacLeish, who Agriculture before joining the Periodicals ing and performing odd jobs, he paid his had served as Librarian of Congress from Division of the Library in 1938. He later way at Yankton College, from which he 1939 to 1944. was in charge of receiving and process- earned a bachelor’s degree in 1937. That Of the 394 Library staff members who ing serials for the Hispanic Foundation. year he joined the Legislative Reference served in the military during the war Drafted in April 1942, he earned the rank Service (now the Congressional Research years, 1941-45, these are the 15 young of second lieutenant in the Army Air Service); while working there he studied men whose lives and promising Library Corps, Ground Forces. Substituting for law at the George Washington University, careers were cut short by their supreme another man, he was killed on board a earning his law degree and passing the sacrifi ce: plane that crashed on July 23, 1944, after South Dakota bar. Two months after Pearl Harbor, he enlisted in the Navy, and on March 16, 1943, Ensign Bennett VETERANS HISTORY PROJECT was fatally injured in a plane crash at PROGRAM, MAY 27-30 Pensacola, Fla. Alexander Triviz Chavez, 25. Born Former Prisoners of War: Richard Francies, Enso Bighinatti, Jimmie Kanaya and Marty Higgins, at 1 p.m. on May 27 and 11 a.m. on May 28 in Las Cruces, N.M., on Feb. 17, 1919, he studied pre-law and then joined the Reunion of Lost Battalion: Reunion of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team Copyright Offi ce in 1940. Two months and the 1st Battalion (“Lost Battalion”) of the 141st Regiment of the 36th (Texas) before Pearl Harbor, he enlisted in the Division, at 2 p.m. on May 27. Army Air Corps and was called to duty Hispanic-American Experience: Frank Medina, Miguel Encinias and Evelio as an aviation cadet. As a staff sergeant, Grillo will discuss the Hispanic-American Experience During World War II, at 1 he was decorated for meritorious action p.m. on May 30. while serving in North Africa with the Japanese-American Experience: Warren Tsuneishi, Jimmie Kanaya, Marty 320th Bomber Group, 443d Squadron. He Higgins and Frank Sogi will discuss the Japanese-American Experience During was reported missing in action on Oct. World War II, at 4 p.m. on May 28 20, 1943, and listed offi cially among the Navajo Code Talkers: Sam Billison, Sam Smith, Keith Little, at 3:15 p.m. on dead on Oct. 21, 1944. May 27 and noon on May 30 James Geiger Coxetter Jr., 24. The : Lee Archer, Charles McGee and Thomas Lowery, at 2 p.m. on son of an Army major, he was born on May 28 and 2 p.m. on May 30. Oct. 29, 1916, in Jacksonville, Fla. He attended military schools and the Univer- D-Day Veterans: Sam Gibbons at 11 a.m. and Tracy Sugarman, Bob Powell and sity of North Carolina before joining the Brig. Gen. Alvin Ungerleider at 2:15 p.m. on May 27. Library in 1939 to work in various divi- Wartime Journalists: Paul Green, Barrett McGurn, Jack Pulwers and Col. Peter sions. After the war began in Europe in Sweers, at 3 p.m. on May 30. September 1939, he began taking private Women in the Military: Maj. Gen. Jeanne Holm, Miriam Ownby, Martha Putney, fl ying lessons. In 1940 he left the Library, CW04 Elizabeth Splaine and Cdr. Ruth Erno, at 3 p.m. on May 28. persuaded the War Department to release Red Cross in WWII: Ruth Belew, Helen Colony and Mary O’Driscoll, at 4:15 him from a commission as a second p.m. on May 27. lieutenant in the Reserve Corps, and, in spite of poor eyesight, managed to join Women in Military Medicine: Maj. Jennifer Petersen, Anna Busby, Marian Elcano, and Martha Leierer, at 11 a.m. on May 30. the Canadian Air Force. On Oct. 27, 1941, while on active duty, he died in a plane Memories From the Home Front: Marion Gurfein, Helen Sudyk, Elizabeth crash “somewhere in England.” Olson and Venus Ramey (Miss America 1944), at noon on May 27. Edward Henry Edens, 21. Born in Other WWII Veterans: Sen. John Warner (R-VA) and Adm. J. L. Holloway, at Dallas, Texas, on Feb. 19, 1924, he com- noon on May 28, and Robert Bloxsom, Jerry Brenner, Joseph DeLuca, John Sudyk pleted high school there and majored in and George Zavadil, at 5:15 p.m. on May 27 and 4 p.m. on May 29. government at the George Washington Special Appearances: Fayard Nicholas, at 1 p.m. on May 28; Venus Ramey University. He joined the Reading Rooms (Miss America 1944), at 5 p.m. on May 28; Rep. Ron Kind (D-Wis.), Rep. Amo staff in 1942. Drafted in 1943, he attained Houghton (R-N.Y.), Everett Alvarez Jr., Gail Buckley, Lt. Gen. Julius W. Becton, the rank of sergeant with Company H of and Francisco Ivarra MEMORIAL, Continues on page 6 6 THE GAZETTE MAY 28, 2004

MEMORIAL, Continued from Page 5 from 1939 until 1942, when he joined in Bremen, Germany, as the result of a the Marine Corps. After having led his gunshot wound. the 222nd Infantry Regiment. He was men for 26 days and nights over coral John Francis Mullaney, 21. The killed by a shell fragment near Schwein- reefs and through the jungles of Tinian only son of the Library’s longtime cap- furt, Germany, during a heavy artillery in the Marianas Islands, First Lieutenant tain of the guard, he was born in Lorain, and mortar bombardment on April 10, Granier fell to Japanese machine gun fi re Ohio, on Feb. 19, 1923. The family 1945, less than a month moved to Washington, before the war ended in D.C., where he attended Europe. Gonzaga High School. He John William Ell, worked for the Library’s 26. Born in Wilkes-Barre, Card Division from June Pa., on Aug. 13, 1918, he 1941 to February 1943, majored in English and when he joined the Army. German at Dickinson Wounded three times College, from which he during the Italian cam- graduated with Phi Beta paign, Pfc. John Mullaney Kappa honors. He joined served with distinction the Library’s Card Division with Company L of the in 1941 and transferred to 168th Infantry Regiment. the Law Library. In August He was killed in action 1942, he was assigned as a on Oct. 31, 1944. second lieutenant to Com- Charles Bernard pany I of the 501st Para- Rossi, 24. Born in Noro- chute Infantry. He was ton Heights, Conn., on killed in action on Sept. July 20, 1920, he joined 18, 1944, during an unsuc- the Library’s Mail and cessful airborne assault on Delivery section in June Holland. 1941. Within two months William David Giles, he resigned to enlist in 20. Born in Blythewood, the Navy. An aviation S.C., on April 11, 1924, he radioman first class, he attended the Bundy School was detailed to an air- in Washington, D.C., and craft carrier and fl ew 17 joined the Library’s Build- combat missions in the ing and Grounds Section Pacifi c. After retraining in September 1942. He and a reassignment, he joined the Army in 1943 was killed in action on and died in action with Feb. 23, 1945, during the Company M of the 370th bombing of Tokyo.

Infantry Regiment in Italy Dec. 7, 1948 printed program, the Library’s From W a l d o E r n e s t on Sept. 2, 1944. His aunt, Schmitt, 27. A native of who raised him, also worked for the on July 22, 1944. the District of Columbia, he was born Library. Not listed as his next of kin, she Richard Loeb, 27. Born in Philadel- June 2, 1917. He graduated from Central was not invited to the ceremony, which phia on Dec. 22, 1918, he attended the High School, majored in geology at the she learned about by reading a notice University of Michigan and graduated George Washington University and joined posted on a Library bulletin board. The magna cum laude from Harvard College the Map Division in 1938. A second lieu- Librarian sent her a letter of apology. in 1940. He joined the Legislative Refer- tenant with the Maryland National Guard, James Albert Granier, 30. Born on ence Service in 1941 and worked in the he was drafted in 1941, graduated from Feb. 8, 1914, in Havre, Mont., he earned Inquiry Section and the Congressional Infantry Offi cers School at Fort Benning his bachelor’s and master’s degrees (the Reading Room. He resigned in June 1942 and received commando training in latter in Hispanic American literature), to join the Army as a private at Fort Myer, Scotland. While recovering from a seri- from the George Washington University. Va. He was commissioned a second ous leg wound sustained the third day of The author of short studies and a bibli- lieutenant in the Army Air Forces in 1943, the D-Day invasion, he was awarded the ography on Hispanic-language materials, and 14 months later he transferred to the for bravery in battle and the he worked for the Hispanic Foundation infantry. He died on March 24, 1946, . He returned to duty, and MAY 28, 2004 THE GAZETTE 7 as commander of Company K of the 115th the Air Medal with two Oak Leaf Clusters He joined the Navy in 1942 and was killed Infantry Regiment, 29th Division, he was and a Presidential Unit Citation, he died in action on Dec. 3, 1944, while serving wounded and captured by the Germans on Oct. 2, 1944, when his plane was shot aboard the U.S.S. Cooper, which sank in while he was on reconnaissance patrol down near Kassel, Germany. the Leyte Gulf of the Philippines. on Oct. 4, 1944, in the Aachen sector. He James Compton Soper, 35. Born in — Kurt S. Maier, History and Litera- died the next day. Washington, D.C., on Sept. 28, 1909, he ture Cataloging Division, and Bibi Marti, Charles Warren Van Scoyoc Jr., 26. worked as a mechanic in the Washington Public Affairs Offi ce, both contributed to Born on Oct. 12, 1917, in Orting, Wash., Navy Yard and as an elevator operator at this report. ❑ he studied at the universities of Oregon a House Offi ce Building and the Library. and Washington, worked as a reporter for the Seattle Times, and, while study- ing at the George Washington Univer- LCPA Language Tables June 2004 Schedule sity, worked as an assistant in the Social Note: All languages tables are conversational/cultural, with the exception of those with Sciences Reference Room. In 1941, six asterisks (*), which offer instruction. All tables meet noon - 1 p.m., unless otherwise stated. months after he joined the Library staff, Table Day (noon-1 p.m.) Location Contact he joined the Army. Commissioned as ASL 3, 10, 17, 24 LM 623 Toby French, 7-5463 a second lieutenant, he was assigned (Thurs.) (TTY) to Headquarters Co., First Battalion, 7th Arabic Beginning* 15, 29 (Tues.) Call Nawal A. Kawar, Infantry Division. He died in action at 7-4708 Ansio on March 4, 1944. Arabic Advanced* 10, 24 (Thurs.) Call Nawal A. Kawar, Louie Maurice Smith, 20. Born on 7-4708 Sept. 4, 1924, in Washington, D.C., he Armenian* 9, 23 (Wed.) LM 632 Lola Pickering, graduated from Central High School at 7-8904 age 16. In May 1941 he joined the Library Chinese 21 (Mon.) LM G45 Anna Ho, 7-9467 as a check stand operator and worked French 10 (2nd Thurs.) LM 501 Patricia Carlton, while studying at the University of Mary- 7-2859 land and George Washington Univer- German (adv.) 10 (2nd Thurs.) LM 527 T. Michael Womack, sity. He joined the Army in March 1943, 7-7914 trained as a pilot and fl ew missions for Hebrew (ad hoc) Call Lenore Bell, 7-7313 the 34th Bomb Group, Eighth Air Force, in the European Theater. The holder of Hebrew 14, 28 LM 453 Peter Kearney, Beginning* (12:10 p.m.) 7-4326 (Mon.) Hungarian (Thurs.) Call Paul Frank, 7-1570 ‘Lest We Forget’ Italian 8, 22 (Tues.) LM B-01 Dee Gallo, 7-6937 On Memorial Day, tune in to Public Japanese 3, 15 (Thurs.) LA 5224-6 Tomoko Steen, Radio International (PRI) affi liate WAMU (12:30 p.m.) (S,T&B’s Conf Rm) 7-1207 (88.5 FM) to hear oral histories from the Polish 8 (Tues.) Call Regina Frackowiak, collections of the Library’s Veterans His- 7-3928 tory Project. Portuguese 10, 24 (Thurs.) LJ 240 Carlos Olave, 7-3702 A new show, “Lest We Forget,” airs at Hanke Rm 3 and 9 p.m., Monday, May 31. Spanish 8, 15, 22, 29 LM 323 Reid Graham, 7-9476 The fi rst show in the series, award- (Tues.) winning “Coming Home,” airs at 8 p.m. Tagalog * 3, 10, 17, 24 LM 515 Herminia Smith, on Monday, May 31. Hear Librarian of (Thurs.) (Serial Conf. 7-6176 Congress James H. Billington and Warren Rm) Tsuneishi, former chief of the Asian Divi- Turkish * 1, 15 (Tues.) LM 527 Joan Weeks, 7-3657 sion, who translated captured Japanese Special Events: documents while serving with the 306th Japanese table: June—Japanese etiquette (history and practice of Japanese manners). German table: Please note the following changes in meeting date for the LCPA German Table (Ad- HQ Intelligence Detachment, XXIV Corps vanced) (4th Thursday of the Month): June 24, July 22, Aug. 26, Sept. 23, Oct. 28, Nov. 10, (N.B. 2nd in the Pacifi c during the 1940s. Wednesday), Dec. 15 (N.B. 3rd Wednesday). American war hero Max Cleland, Please call for information on the following tables: Amharic: Call Napoleon Jasper, 7-0412; Greek: Call John Buydos, 7-1191; Ukrainian: Call Jurij Dobczansky, 7-3080; Romanian: Call Grant Harris, a former U.S. senator, hosts both pro- 7-5859; Russian: Call Nina Palmin, 7-5576; Scandinavian: Call Carl Ek, 7-7286; Swahili: Call Barbara grams, which are part of a series, Expe- Woodland, 7-2501. riencing War. See www.loc.gov/staff/lcpa/schedule.html for further information and special events. 8 THE GAZETTE MAY 28, 2004

CALENDAR Friday, May 28 chief of the Asian Division, who Noon, Dewey Conference 11:45 a.m. - 12:45 p.m., LC translated captured Japanese Room, LM 507. Contact: Joe Wellness Center, LA-B36. Veterans History Project: May documents while serving with Bartl, 7-0013. Contact JoAnn Thomas, 27-30. Veterans History Project the 306th HQ Intelligence 7-8637. participates in four-day festival Lecture: “Zheng He’s Detachment, XXIV Corps in the surrounding the dedication of Seven Voyages: Historical Film: World Premiere of:“LuLu: Pacifi c during the 1940s. 8 p.m. the new WWII Memorial, on Background and Contemporary Triumph of the Human Spirit.” on Public Radio International the National Mall between 3rd Signifi cance.” Presented A documentary by Ray (PRI) affi liate WAMU (88.5 FM) and 7th streets, with displays, by Prof. Jin Wu, professor Schmitt (CRS, retired) about interviews, entertainment in its of hydraulic and ocean French sculptor/sailor Lucien own pavilion, all day. engineering, National Cheng Ferrenbach. Noon - 1 p.m., Tuesday, June 1 Kung University, Taiwan. Noon, Dining Room A, LM 620. Aerobic Class: Beginner’s LM 139. Contact Judy Lu, Presented by the Library of step. 11:45 a.m., LC Wellness Symposium: New approaches [email protected], 7-2385. Co- Congress Employees’ Film Center, LA-B36. to the study of Winston Churchill, “New Research sponsored by Asian Division Society. LCPA Veterans Forum: WWII and LC Asian American on Churchill and America.” Lecture: Sherifa Zuhur, Navy offi cer and author of Association. Panelists explore topics director of the Institute of “Splinter Fleet: the Wooden ranging from Churchill and the Ballroom Dance Club: 12:30 Middle Eastern, Islamic and Subchasers of WWII,” Ted American Civil War to Churchill - 1:30 p.m., West Dining Room, Disaporic Studies at Cleveland Treadwell. Noon, Dining Room and American popular culture. LM 621. State University on “Singing A, LM 620. 9 a.m. - 1 p.m., Mumford Room, Aerobic Class: Beginner’s a New Song: Women and Asian American Pacifi c LM 649. step. 12:30 p.m., LC Wellness Entertainment in the Arab Heritage Month Event: Lecture: Electronic Center, LA-B36. Contact JoAnn World.” Noon, LM 139. Co- Lecture by Ningkun Wu, who Resources Cataloging: The Thomas, 7-8637. sponsored by African and introduces a fi lm about Mao Recommending Offi cer’s Role/ Kluge Center: Kluge Fellow Middle Eastern Division and ZeDong’s China and his own Perspective (Carlos Olave). 10 American University. family’s persecution, love and Elspeth Brown speaks about - 11 a.m., Dining Room A. Kluge Center: Kluge Fellow endurance during those times; the history of commercial Tomasz Kamusella spakes on at the conclusion of the fi lm, he Aerobic Classes: High-Low. modeling in the U.S. from 1884 “Nationalism and the Politics will answer questions about his 11:45 a.m. - 12:45 p.m., LC to 1969. 2:30 p.m., LJ 119. of Language in East Central autobiography, “A Single Tear.” Wellness Center, LA-B36. Thursday, June 3 Europe During the 19th and Noon, West Dining Room, Contact JoAnn Thomas, 7-8637. 20th Centuries.” 2:30 p.m., LM 621. Talk: LCPA What If...forum Exhibition Opens: The work presents “A Talk with Lois of Ann Telnaes, a leading LJ 119. Monday, May 31 McMaster Bujold. 12:10 editorial cartooonist. North Friday, June 4 Memorial Day holiday; all p.m.. Dining Room A, LM 620. Gallery of the Great Hall, Aerobic Class: Beginner’s Library buildings closed. Contact: [email protected] through Sept. 4. Exhibition hours are 10 a.m. - 5 p.m., step. 11:45 a.m., LC Wellness Public Radio International Wednesday, June 2 Monday - Saturday. Contact: Center, LA-B36. (PRI): A new show, ‘Lest We 7-4604. Concert: Army Blues Band of Forget,’ includes oral histories Genealogy Research the U.S. Army Band (Pershing’s from the collections of the Orientation: Open to all Performance: Library Live: Own). Noon, Coolidge Library’s Veterans History researchers. Learn resources “Children of Struggle,” the Auditorium, free, no tickets Project. 3 and 9 p.m., on for genealogical research at inspiring stories of Ruby required. WAMU (88.5 FM). LC. 10 - 11:30 a.m., LJ G-42. Bridges and other young Presented by LC’s Local History heroes of the civil rights LCPA Event: Shakespeare in PBS NewsHour: An interview and Genealogy Reading Room. movement, a co-presentation the Park: Shakespeare in the of military historian Daun van with Smithsonian Associates Park/Shakespeare Free For All. Ee, the Library’s curator of the Training: CPR/AED class. 10 Discovery Theater, Coolidge, 5:30pm -7:30pm., Carter Barron exhibition, “Churchill and the a.m. - 3 p.m.. Contact: Health 10 a.m. Contact: 7-5330. Theatre, NW, Washington DC. Great Republic,” will air during Services, 7-8035 to sign up. Contact: 7-7424. The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer Emergency Training: Incident Aerobic Classes: High-Low. broadcast by PBS stations from Command. 10 a.m. - noon, 7 - 8 p.m. LM 654a/b. Sponsored by Public Radio International the Offi ce of Security and Donated Leave (PRI): The fi rst show in the Emergency Preparedness in The following Library employees have satisfi ed the eligibility require- series, award-winning “Coming Coordination with the LCIU. ments of Library of Congress Regulation (LCR) 2015-13 to receive leave Home.” Hear Librarian of Tai Chi Class: Beginning level donations from other staff members. Congress James H. Billington 2. 11:30 a.m., LC Wellness Participants in the voluntary leave transfer program have exhausted and Warren Tsuneishi, former Center, LA-B36. Call S.W. other sources of leave during their medical emergencies and greatly Chen at 7-3284. appreciate leave donations. Treasure Talk: Daun van Ee Individuals wishing to receive leave or donate leave through this Army Blues Band of the provides an in-depth look at program should contact Allen Hatcher at 7-8594. the fi fth section of the Churchill U.S. Army Band Phyllis L. Bradshaw Margie Jones Cheryl Maxwell exhibit, “Unity and Strategy.” (Pershing’s Own) Concert Lucille Cook Sandra Johnson Virginia Parks Noon, Northwest Gallery of the Noon, June 4, Tanya Fletcher Robin Lancaster Glenda Richardson Jefferson Building. Coolidge Auditorium Patricia Grant Valerie Miles-Washington Bonnie Roberts Free, no tickets required. Bloomsday Camerata: Vanessa Guess Laura Monagle Readings from “Ulysses.”