During a trip to Washington, D.C. earlier this year, I found some time to drop by the Thomas Jefferson Building of the Library of Congress. For those of you who've never had the chance to visit, I recommend you make it part of your next trip to the capital.
BenefitsPRO editor-in-chief Paul Wilson
shares inspiration from Thomas Jefferson's Library.
Some of my personal highlights included the Papers of Frederick Douglass and the stunning Main Reading Room. But as a card-carrying bibliophile, I spent the most time in the room housing Thomas Jefferson's Library. Jefferson, who famously told John Adams, “I cannot live without books,” acquired thousands over his lifetime, amassing the largest personal library in the U.S. at that time. This reconstruction includes 2,000 volumes from his original collection, along with an additional 3,000 matching those lost in two fires over the years.
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Paul Wilson
Paul Wilson is the editor-in-chief of BenefitsPRO Magazine and BenefitsPRO.com. He has covered the insurance industry for more than a decade, including stints at Retirement Advisor Magazine and ProducersWeb.
