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A Cornerstone of American History March 18 By: Matt Guilfoyle 0 Comments AOC Public Affairs Officer Matt Guilfoyle walks in the footsteps of the masons and laborers who worked the quarry at Government Island in Aquia, Virginia, to gather stone for the U.S. Capitol more... Continue Reading »	Capitol Illumination March 12 By: Franklin Bradley 0 Comments The AOC works to make the Capitol Dome, an enduring symbol of democracy recognized throughout the world, visible to all throughout the night. Learn about this history of the lighting of this iconic... Continue Reading »
How the Crypt Got its Name March 04 By: AOC Curator Office 0 Comments The term “crypt” has long referred to a space beneath the main floor of a church or a chamber in a mausoleum. For many of us it suggests somber, stony silence and perhaps dusty coffins. The Capitol... Continue Reading »	America’s Greatest Engineer? February 20 By: Matt Guilfoyle 0 Comments Montgomery Meigs – a man who built the Capitol while helping save the Union it represents - may be America’s greatest engineer. Continue Reading »
Love at the Ford Building February 14 By: Michael McDonald 0 Comments For 10 years, I have walked through the doors of the 3rd Street entrance to the Ford Building, never knowing that right outside those very same doors — 72 years ago — something happened that greatly... Continue Reading »	Nearly Nine Million Visitors Later November 30 By: Sharon Gang 0 Comments On December 2, the Capitol Visitor Center celebrates its four-year anniversary. Sharon Gang, the third member of the CVC's operations staff, reflects back to the opening four years ago. Continue Reading »
Lincoln and the Capitol November 09 By: Matt Guilfoyle 1 Comments The recent attention for the movie “Lincoln” produced by Steven Spielberg and starring Daniel Day-Lewis as President Abraham Lincoln draws focus on this remarkable individual, the period in which he... Continue Reading »	What does the Constitution mean to me? September 14 By: Sharon Gang 0 Comments My colleagues at the Capitol Visitor Center’s (CVC) Exhibits and Education Division asked that I create a sample journal to inspire U.S. Capitol visitors who will make journals as part of... Continue Reading »
Path to Capitol During the Civil War August 28 By: Matt Guilfoyle 0 Comments As a professional commuter, every day I enter my “bubble” – looking at my phone, listening to music, reading my Kindle – as I travel from my home in Bristow, Virginia, to my office at the U.S.... Continue Reading »	Burning the Capitol: what really happened during the... August 22 By: AOC Curator Office 0 Comments In retaliation for the Americans' recent burning of the Canadian capital at York (present-day Toronto), British troops descended on Washington, D.C., in August 1814, to set fire to much of the... Continue Reading »

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