It includes a handwritten draft of President Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, and the crystal flute saved by first lady Dolly Madison, which was made famous again by pop star Lizzo in 2022.
Washington — Housed inside the Library of Congress, the nation's oldest federal cultural institution, is a treasure trove from past and present in the new 'Collecting Memories' exhibit which opened this week. 'What we want people to get from looking at just a sample, a small sample of the treasures of the Library of Congress, is these are their memories,' Librarian Carla Hayden told CBS News. 'These are their items. It is the nation's library.
There's also a crystal flute first lady Dolly Madison saved when the White House was burned by the British in 1814, made famous again after pop star Lizzo visited the library and played it at one of her concerts in September 2022.'After Ms. Lizzo played that flute, we had a teacher contact us and said, 'I think there'll be more children who want to play the flute after seeing that,'' Hayden said.
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