“I love to go to Washington, if only to be near my money.” – Bob Hope
Since 1998 the Library of Congress has been the home of the Bob Hope Collection of documents, photos, videos, films, posters and other materials. At the heart of this treasured collection is his astounding file of some 85,000 jokes. A new exhibit opened the summer, “Hope for America: Performers, Politics & Pop Culture.” Bob Hope and his contributions to entertaining the troops are honored in the Fall 2010 issue of On Patrol, the Magazine of the USO, in an article titled “Hope for America” by James H. Billington.