"Out of the Ashes" - Thomas Jefferson Exhibit

My walk yesterday took me to the 200 year old collection of Thomas Jefferson books. They are housed in the Library of Congress Jefferson Building. Just outside the collection is a new little exhibit "Out of the Ashes" that has several documents describing the background and history of  it. Only 2,000 of the original 6,400 volumes remain due to not one, but two fires. Having also been to Monticello several times one can only imagine how these books got transferred here to DC from Virginia by wagon. The theme of the Library's book festival this year reflects the feelings of Mr. Jefferson and this anniversary - "I can't live without my books!" Things have changed a lot since his time, but the desire to learn and be surrounded by subject matter on just about every topic is mesmerizing for the time. This collection became the Library, and it is admired by anyone who steps in to it.