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![[Exterior view. Detail at main entrance. Quotation from James Madison, beginning "Knowledge will forever govern ignorance ...." Library of Congress James Madison Building, Washington, D.C.]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMDcvMDEvMDEvZXh0ZXJpb3Itdmlldy1kZXRhaWwtYXQtbWFpbi1lbnRyYW5jZS1xdW90YXRpb24tZnJvbS1qYW1lcy1tYWRpc29uLWJlZ2lubmluZy0xLTEwMjQuanBn/320/214/jpg "[Exterior view. Detail at main entrance. Quotation from James Madison, beginning \"Knowledge will forever govern ignorance ....\" Library of Congress James Madison Building, Washington, D.C.]")
![[Exterior view. Detail at main entrance. Quotation from James Madison, beginning "What spectacle can be more edifying ...." Library of Congress James Madison Building, Washington, D.C.]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMDcvMDEvMDEvZXh0ZXJpb3Itdmlldy1kZXRhaWwtYXQtbWFpbi1lbnRyYW5jZS1xdW90YXRpb24tZnJvbS1qYW1lcy1tYWRpc29uLWJlZ2lubmluZy02NDAuanBn/40/21/webp "[Exterior view. Detail at main entrance. Quotation from James Madison, beginning \"What spectacle can be more edifying ....\" Library of Congress James Madison Building, Washington, D.C.]")
![[Exterior view. Torch of Learning, cupola, and dome. Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C.]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTgvZXh0ZXJpb3Itdmlldy10b3JjaC1vZi1sZWFybmluZy1jdXBvbGEtYW5kLWRvbWUtbGlicmFyeS1vZi1jb25ncmVzcy10aG9tYXMtYmE2Y2U5LTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/30/webp "[Exterior view. Torch of Learning, cupola, and dome. Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C.]")
![[Memorial Hall. Quotation from James Madison, beginning "War contains so much folly ...." Library of Congress James Madison Building, Washington, D.C.]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMDQvbWVtb3JpYWwtaGFsbC1xdW90YXRpb24tZnJvbS1qYW1lcy1tYWRpc29uLWJlZ2lubmluZy13YXItY29udGFpbnMtc28tbXVjaC1mb2xseS04NjllYmItNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/27/webp "[Memorial Hall. Quotation from James Madison, beginning \"War contains so much folly ....\" Library of Congress James Madison Building, Washington, D.C.]")
![[Exterior view. Main entrance and information kiosk. Library of Congress James Madison Building, Washington, D.C.]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTQvZXh0ZXJpb3Itdmlldy1tYWluLWVudHJhbmNlLWFuZC1pbmZvcm1hdGlvbi1raW9zay1saWJyYXJ5LW9mLWNvbmdyZXNzLWphbWVzLTM5YmI1Ni02NDAuanBn/40/23/webp "[Exterior view. Main entrance and information kiosk. Library of Congress James Madison Building, Washington, D.C.]")
![[Exterior view. Detail of bronze main entrance doors labelled Research. Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C.]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDMvZXh0ZXJpb3Itdmlldy1kZXRhaWwtb2YtYnJvbnplLW1haW4tZW50cmFuY2UtZG9vcnMtbGFiZWxsZWQtcmVzZWFyY2gtbGlicmFyeS0xNWYxOTAtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/28/webp "[Exterior view. Detail of bronze main entrance doors labelled Research. Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C.]")
![[Memorial Hall. Quotation from James Madison, beginning "The free system of government ...." Library of Congress James Madison Building, Washington, D.C.]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDYvbWVtb3JpYWwtaGFsbC1xdW90YXRpb24tZnJvbS1qYW1lcy1tYWRpc29uLWJlZ2lubmluZy10aGUtZnJlZS1zeXN0ZW0tb2YtZ292ZXJubWVudC04NjA3ZGMtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/31/webp "[Memorial Hall. Quotation from James Madison, beginning \"The free system of government ....\" Library of Congress James Madison Building, Washington, D.C.]")
