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A "Slight" Capitol Contribution May 13 By: Kristen Frederick 0 Comments Throughout the U.S. Capitol Building’s 220-year history, there have been many workers who have labored in obscurity, their names forever lost to the passage of time. Recently when I was researching... Continue Reading »	More Historically Accurate: Lincoln or Vampire Hunter? April 15 By: Matt Guilfoyle 0 Comments AOC Public Affairs Officer Matt Guilfoyle watches "Lincoln" and "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter"-- and is surprised by which film more accurately depicts the U.S. Capitol. Continue Reading »
Squirrels on Capitol Grounds April 11 By: Andria Leo 0 Comments When walking across the Capitol Grounds there is one critter that can consistently be seen out and about – the squirrel. When did squirrels first come to Washington, D.C. and how did they end up here... 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 »
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 »

Blog Posts Categorized 'History'

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