{"id":921,"date":"2018-07-06T19:26:23","date_gmt":"2018-07-06T19:26:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/moebergfilm.org\/?p=921"},"modified":"2018-07-06T19:26:23","modified_gmt":"2018-07-06T19:26:23","slug":"john-thorn-speaks-at-loc-on-the-origins-of-modern-game-the-laws-of-baseball","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.jawidesign.com\/test\/moeberg_dev\/2018\/07\/06\/john-thorn-speaks-at-loc-on-the-origins-of-modern-game-the-laws-of-baseball\/","title":{"rendered":"John Thorn Speaks at LOC on The Origins of Modern Game: The Laws of Baseball"},"content":{"rendered":"
Don’t Miss…<\/div>\n
The Origins of the Modern Game: The Laws of Baseball\u00a0<\/strong><\/div>\n
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Sat, July 14, 2018<\/div>\n
1:00 pm \u2013 2:00 pm<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Where<\/strong><\/div>\n
Whittall Pavilion<\/div>\n
Thomas Jefferson Building, ground floor<\/div>\n
10 First Street SE<\/div>\n
Washington, DC 20540<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The Origins of the Modern Game: The Laws of Baseball<\/div>\n
John Thorn, the official historian of Major League Baseball, will discuss original documents from the landmark 1857 meeting of New York baseball clubs that established the rules of the modern game.\u00a0Recently rediscovered, the \u201cLaws of Base Ball\u201d manuscripts will be on view in \u201cBaseball Americana\u201d beginning June 29, 2018.<\/div>\n
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Request ADA accommodations five days in advance at (202) 707-6362 or\u00a0ada@loc.gov<\/a>. Registration for the program is also required.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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About the Summer of Baseball Programming:<\/strong><\/div>\n
A vintage baseball clinic based on the game\u2019s 19th-century rules, a children\u2019s performance about African-American ballplayers, a conversation with \u201cMoneyball\u201d author Michael Lewis and a screening of the popular film \u201cField of Dreams\u201d will highlight a summer of programs to accompany the new exhibition \u201cBaseball Americana\u201d at the Library of Congress.<\/div>\n
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Baseball Americana Family Day on Saturday, July 14, will present a daylong series of free baseball-themed events and activities for visitors of all ages. The day will include a vintage baseball clinic based on the rules of the game from the 19th\u00a0century; \u201cBlack Diamond,\u201d a play for children from Smithsonian\u2019s Discovery Theater about some of the game\u2019s first black players; a demonstration on the craft of bat making; and a presentation about the original \u201cLaws of Base Ball\u201d by Major League Baseball\u2019s official historian. All events will take place at the Library\u2019s Thomas Jefferson Building.<\/div>\n
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Learn more\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Don’t Miss… The Origins of the Modern Game: The Laws of Baseball\u00a0 When Sat, July 14, 2018 1:00 pm \u2013 2:00 pm Where Whittall Pavilion Thomas Jefferson Building, ground floor 10 First Street SE Washington, DC 20540 The Origins of the Modern Game: The Laws of Baseball John Thorn, the official historian of Major League […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[526],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-921","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-baseball"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jawidesign.com\/test\/moeberg_dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/921","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jawidesign.com\/test\/moeberg_dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jawidesign.com\/test\/moeberg_dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jawidesign.com\/test\/moeberg_dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jawidesign.com\/test\/moeberg_dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=921"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.jawidesign.com\/test\/moeberg_dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/921\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jawidesign.com\/test\/moeberg_dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=921"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jawidesign.com\/test\/moeberg_dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=921"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jawidesign.com\/test\/moeberg_dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=921"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}