Page School Class of 1957 25th Anniversary Tree
Text of the Plaque
U.S. Capitol Grounds
Memorial Tree
Ilex opaca
(American Holly)
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Page School Class of 1982 Tree
Text of the Plaque
U.S. Capitol Grounds
Memorial Tree
Ilex Opaca
(American Holly)
Page School Class of 1983 Tree
Text of the Plaque
U.S. Capitol Grounds
Memorial Tree
Cornus florida
(Flowering Dogwood)
Papinian, Relief Portrait
Papinian (c. 146-212) Roman jurist. Author of fifty-six books about legal questions and decisions, extracts from which were influential in the development of the Justinian Code.
Patrick Anthony McCarran
This statue of Patrick Anthony McCarran was given to the National Statuary Hall Collection by Nevada in 1960. He served in the U.S. Senate from 1932 until his death in 1954.
Paul Pincus Memorial Tree
Text of the Plaque
U.S. Capitol Grounds
Memorial Tree
Quercus palustris
(Pin Oak)
Peace at the End of the Civil War
A Confederate soldier and a Union soldier shake hands, marking the reunion of the country after the devastation of the Civil War. A cotton plant and a northern pine tree symbolize the South and the North, respectively. This is the first of Allyn Cox's three scenes. (1865)
Peace Monument
The 44-foot-high monument stands in the circle to the west of the U.S. Capitol at Pennsylvania Avenue and First Street, N.W.
People of Connecticut Tree
Common Name: The Charter Oak
Botanical Name: Quercus alba white oak
Planted: September 12, 2007
People's Choice for a National Tree
Text on the Plaque
U.S. Capitol Grounds
Commemorative Tree
Quercus borealis
(Northern Red oak)
Philip Kearny
This statue of Philip Kearny was given to the National Statuary Hall Collection by New Jersey in 1888.
Philo T. Farnsworth
This statue of Philo T. Farnsworth was given to the National Statuary Hall Collection by Utah in 1990. Farnsworth is known as the "Father of Television."
Pizarro Going to Peru
The Spanish conqueror of Peru, Francisco Pizarro, leading his horse, pushes through the jungle searching for El Dorado, the mythical land of gold. Pizarro eventually captured the Inca capital, Cuzco. (1533)
Po'pay
This statue of Po'pay was given to the National Statuary Hall Collection by New Mexico in 2005.
Portrait Monument to Lucretia Mott, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony
This group portrait monument to the pioneers of the woman suffrage movement, which won women the right to vote in 1920, was sculpted from an 8-ton block of marble in Carrara, Italy. The monument features portrait busts of three movement leaders: Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony and Lucretia Mott.
POW/MIA Chair of Honor
In November 2017 a Chair of Honor was unveiled in the U.S. Capitol Visitor Center's Emancipation Hall to commemorate American service men and women who are prisoners of war or missing in action (POW/MIA). This chair is one of the original ordered in 1857 for the new House Chamber.
President's Room Chandelier
This bronze chandelier provides light for the President's Room of the U.S. Capitol.
Progress of Civilization Pediment
The Progress of Civilization features figures that represent the early days of America along with the diversity of human endeavor.
Raoul Wallenberg Bust
Raoul Wallenberg was a Swedish humanitarian who worked at his country's legation in Budapest during World War II and used his diplomatic status to save the lives of tens of thousands of Jews threat
Rayburn Horseshoe Cherry Trees
Site of one variety: Yoshino (Prunus x yeodoensis).
