(Animals) any mammal of the order Pholidota found in tropical Africa, S Asia, and Indonesia, having a body covered with overlapping horny scales and a long snout specialized for feeding on ants and termites. Also called: scaly anteater.
Authorized in 1886, the first separate Library of Congress building, the Jefferson Building, was opened to the public in 1897. The Library's design was based on the Paris Opera House and was unparalleled in national achievement.
The Thomas Jefferson memorial statue was commissioned from sculptor Rudolph Evans in 1941. He created a towering bronze statue of Jefferson standing 19 feet tall, boosted six feet higher by its black granite pedestal. Jefferson appears to be looking out from the memorial's interior toward the White House.