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By the People Office Hours: July 17

You're invited to virtual office hours on Thursday, July 17 from 3-4pm EDT.  Everyone is welcome - from long-timers to newbies! Community Managers will give a short update on upcoming campaigns, including an exciting collaboration with WETA on a forthcoming Ken Burns documentary. But most of our time will be for you to ask questions, give feedback, or showcase an interesting item you've worked on. Register to receive a Microsoft Teams link for July 17! 

American Library Association Conference Re-cap 

Community Managers Abby and Lauren represented By the People at the Library of Congress pavilion during the American Library Association conference in Philadelphia this weekend. We loved meeting many librarians, educators, and library enthusiasts who are current or future By the People volunteers! 

Help Finish Joseph Holt Campaign 

Only 4% of the Holt campaign remains in the review queue - jump in and help us complete it! Holt was a newspaper editor, lawyer, and political figure in his native Kentucky, and then an official in the James Buchanan administration. Though a southerner and a Democrat, Holt supported the Union during the Civil War, which put him at odds with much of his slave-owning family in the South.

In September 1862, President Abraham Lincoln appointed Holt as judge advocate general of the United States Army to oversee military commissions. Holt spent long hours with Lincoln reviewing courts-martial cases. The most controversial of Holt’s duties involved collecting evidence and trying the conspirators charged with the assassination of Abraham Lincoln in 1865. Learn more about the fascinating life and career of Joseph Holt by exploring this campaign. 

 

Happy Fourth of July! 

Abby, Carlyn, and Lauren