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Follow along as we travel to the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest to select the 2025 U.S. Capitol tree for the holiday season.
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Bronze plaques in the floor of National Statuary Hall honor the eight members who served in the House of Representatives while it met here from 1819 to 1857 and also served as president of the United States.
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A short history of this significant space's special fabric.
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The AOC's Capitol Building Sheet Metal Shop craftspeople utilize traditional, handheld tools alongside current technologies to shape, fit and repair metalworks.
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Articles include spotlights on the Capitol Building Sheet Metal Shop and the congressional move process.
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Understanding light and how it works is an important aspect of the Architect of the Capitol (AOC) Photography and Technical Imaging Branch day-to-day operations.
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Inventor Robert Fulton is seated in his studio, looking out at the palisades of the Hudson River and his steamboat; a portrait of Benjamin West, with whom Fulton studied painting, rests to his left on an easel.
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The lyrics of this patriotic song are found easily at the U.S. Capitol.
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The annual concert celebrating Independence Day will be broadcast live from the West Front of the U.S. Capitol. Here's what to know before you go.
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Located in Capitol Square, N.W., near the Summerhouse.
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This tree honors Senator Feinstein's service as the longest serving U.S. senator from California and the longest-tenured female senator in history.
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The cast-iron fountain, painted to look like bronze, weighs more than 15 tons and is 30 feet high. The fountain previously stood at the 1876 Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia's Fairmont Park before it was purchased in 1877 by the United States government.
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Dedicated in June 2025 to honor the life and service of Rep. Floyd Spence from South Carolina.
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Bands representing different branches of the military will perform weeknights at the U.S. Capitol.
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Here's what to know before you go to the annual National Memorial Day Concert at the U.S. Capitol on Sunday, May 25.
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The AOC has received the AGA's prestigious Certificate of Excellence in Accountability Reporting (CEAR) for its Fiscal Year 2024 Performance and Accountability Report.
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Celebrating the men and women of the United States Capitol Police who put their lives on the line to protect America's beacon of democracy.
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This tree honors the 168 people who lost their lives, the heroic first responders, and all others who were impacted by the April 19, 1995, attack on the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
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Two trees from the original 1912 gift from Japan were transplanted to the Library of Congress in 1922.