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“If the urge to write should ever leave me, I want that day to be my last.” - Nobel Prize laureate Naguib Mahfouz. Mahfouz began writing when he was seventeen and was awarded the 1988 Nobel Prize in Literature when he was 76. Read more: bit.ly/3mLugDm

There’s nothing quite like stumbling across a hidden gem in the stacks — a book you didn’t know you needed until it found you. In a Library with one million volumes on open shelves, serendipity is part of the experience.

“And this I believe: that the free, exploring mind of the individual human is the most valuable thing in the world. And this I would fight for: the freedom of the mind to take any direction it wishes, undirected.” —John Steinbeck, East of Eden 🔗: bit.ly/43R0OhY

In this newly translated fiction by Nobel Prize winner Naguib Mahfouz, we follow a flummoxed detective—also a lover of Sufi poetry!—on his hapless search for the truth. Jump in for a taste of existential noir fiction from the Arab world: tinyurl.com/yxzetkbr

Happy Independence Day! 🗽 #4thofJuly PC: Dan Martland #July4th #statueofliberty #ladyliberty

Today, we remember the power of literacy with Frederick Douglass's words, “Once you learn to read, you will be forever free.” #FourthOfJuly #LiteracyForAll

This July 4th, we celebrate the centuries-old U.S.-France friendship—born in revolution, rooted in shared ideals. The Statue of Liberty, a gift from France, carries the date of U.S. independence: July IV, 1776.

Happy Independence Day! After voting for independence from the British Empire on July 2, the Continental Congress debated & edited Thomas Jefferson's draft of the Declaration of Independence for 2 days, finally approving it and announcing the birth of our nation #OTD in 1776.

Read it! U.S. National Archives “Declaration of Independence” 📜 archives.gov/founding-docs/…

Celebrate the 4th of July with items from the Polonsky Exhibition of #NYPLTreasures that highlight significant moments in U.S. history, like this copy of the Declaration of Independence in Thomas Jefferson's handwriting. on.nypl.org/3ZYeVj8

The Committee of Five—Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, and Robert Livingston—drafted the Declaration of Independence on June 11, revised and edited it, then presented a final draft to Congress on June 28, 1776. It was formally approved on July 4th.

A Thomas Jefferson's manuscript "Declaration of Independence" NY Public Library. The Library’s copy is one of four copies that have survived. It was acquired in 1896, when trustee John S. Kennedy donated it. The document is now held in the Library’s renowned Manuscripts & Archives Division.

Timothy Matlack was chosen to write out the formal copy of the Declaration of Independence because he was known for his excellent penmanship. Charles Willson Peale, “Portrait of Timothy Matlock” (1790) Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

July 4, 1776: Congress ratified the Declaration of Independence of the United States in which the Second Continental Congress, meeting at Independence Hall in Philadelphia, explained why the 13 Colonies saw themselves as sovereign states free from British rule. #IndependenceDay

HAPPY 4TH!

We're celebrating 249 years of American Independence with one of the best fireworks shows in the country! 🎆 🇺🇸 🎆 🇺🇸 🎆  #NationalMall #WashingtonDC #IndependenceDay #july4th2025