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In Bloom: Jeepers creepers, it must be spring! April 02 By: Bill McLaughlin 0 Comments Bill McLaughlin, Plant Curator at the U.S. Botanic Garden highlights plants currently in bloom at the U.S. Capitol. Continue Reading »	Behind the Scrim: An Inside Look at the Supreme Court... March 26 By: Lori Taylor 0 Comments Take a look behind the scrim at the restoration work underway on the U.S. Supreme Court Building's West Front façade to address deterioration due to age, weather and nature. Take a look behind... Continue Reading »
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 »	U.S. Botanic Garden's Understory: Photographs of... February 26 By: Ray Mims 0 Comments The U.S. Botanic Garden’s Conservation & Sustainability Horticulturist, Ray Mims, takes a look at the importance of spring ephemerals, which are featured in the Garden’s current exhibit,... 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 »
Supporting the State of the Union February 08 By: Stephen T. Ayers 0 Comments Every winter, Congress has the honor of welcoming the President of the United States to the U.S. Capitol for the annual State of the Union Address. Architect of the Capitol Stephen T. Ayers reflects... Continue Reading »	Meeting Jason Baltimore February 04 By: Kristen Frederick 0 Comments Kristen Frederick, AOC congressional liaison, sits down with Jason Baltimore, AOC’s first African American general counsel, to discuss what brought him to the Architect of the Capitol and what... Continue Reading »

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