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Jefferson Finds Capitol Inspiration in City of Light

By Franklin Bradley
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Thomas Jefferson, inspired by skylights he saw in Paris, prevailed upon the Architect of the Capitol to include something similar in the U.S. Capitol's new chamber for the House of Representatives. However, all the skylights came to an untimely end.

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Procedure and Guidelines for Replacement of Statues

By Sarah Davis
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In accordance with legislation enacted in 2000, "Any State may request the Joint Committee on the Library of Congress to approve the replacement of a statue the State has provided for display in Statuary Hall" under certain conditions.
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Embracing a Vintage Electric Cargo Tricycle for Greener Gardening

By Philip Davis
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This innovative mode of transportation allows the dedicated gardening staff to move throughout the historic grounds of the U.S. Capitol with ease, all while carrying up to an impressive 300 pounds of gardening tools and horticultural materials.
Close-up detail photo with Statue of Freedom during conservation in 1993.
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Evolution of Women in Art at the U.S. Capitol

By Michele Cohen, Ph.D.
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An in-depth look at the evolution of women in art at the U.S. Capitol.
The U.S. Capitol Building.
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Capitol Illumination

By Franklin Bradley
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Learn more about the history of lighting this iconic building including the part of the Dome called the "tholos."
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Leaves On, Leaves Off: Capitol Grounds Works Through the Winter

By Madeleine Lucchetti
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In the bleak winter, when most Washingtonians are looking to stay indoors, the Architect of the Capitol (AOC) Capitol Grounds and Arboretum team still spends a lot of time outside.
The Apotheosis of George Washington in the United States Capitol Rotunda.
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Artfully Yours, George Washington

By Erin Courtney
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While George Washington never actually graced the halls of the U.S. Capitol, his presence, influence and even his likeness, is everywhere including 35 pieces of art.

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Yorktown, 1781

By Sarah Davis
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At the end of the Revolutionary War, the British are shown laying down their arms against a symbolic sunset.

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Timucuan Village

By Sarah Davis
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Three Native Americans of northern Florida's Timucuan tribe are depicted near their village.

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Stalking Deer

By Sarah Davis
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A member of a hunting-gathering tribe is shown in a northern forest with pine and fur trees.

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Spanish Mission

By Sarah Davis
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A converted Native American kneels in prayer under the guidance of a monk in front of the El Carmelo mission.

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Northern Wilderness

By Sarah Davis
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A lone explorer in a canoe enters the picture, symbolically from the east.

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Louisiana Purchase, 1803

By Sarah Davis
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The third signing of the Louisiana Treaty, which occurred in New Orleans, is depicted.

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Lewis and Clark

By Sarah Davis
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The explorers are shown on the Missouri river looking over a Mandan village.

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Fort St. Augustine

By Sarah Davis
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The fort with its arrowhead-shaped bastions is shown in an aerial view.

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Explorers' Portage

By Sarah Davis
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Trappers carry a birch-bark canoe across a rapids in a stream.

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Boston Tea Party, 1773

By Sarah Davis
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Boston Harbor appears in a moonlit scene, with people dressed as Native Americans throwing crates of tea from a boat; this famous event led to the Revolutionary War.

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Boone at Cumberland Gap

By Sarah Davis
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Daniel Boone brings settlers into Kentucky.

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Gold Prospectors

By Sarah Davis
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This mural shows different methods used by prospectors in the search for wealth in California, the Yukon and Alaska.

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Sod House

By Sarah Davis
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A typical prairie home is shown with a barbed wire fence, which represents the settlement of the great open plains.

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Sharecroppers

By Sarah Davis
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A couple picks cotton in the south with their cabin behind them and the plantation house in the distance.

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Pony Express

By Sarah Davis
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Riders are shown at the Hollenberg station, readying to switch ponies. In the background workers string cables for the telegraph, which would soon replace the Pony Express.

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Land Grant College

By Sarah Davis
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This college building in Kansas was one of the first created under the 1862 Morrill Act, which was meant to ensure higher education for all classes of Americans.

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Island Dance

By Sarah Davis
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A village celebration with dancers and indigenous percussion instruments is shown in a typical Hawaiian setting.

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Indian Ceremony

By Sarah Davis
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An unusual combination of dancers in Hopi and Navajo costumes performs a ceremony.

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Hunting Game

By Sarah Davis
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A single hunter with a long rifle stalks a squirrel and a turkey.

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Golden Spike

By Sarah Davis
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At the connection of the Union Pacific and Central Pacific railroads in Promontory, Utah, two locomotives meet and two men shake hands before a group of workers.

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Fur Trade

By Sarah Davis
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A longhouse of the northwest is decorated with paintings and set amid totems. Before the building, a fur trader is trading guns to the Native Americans for furs.

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Drying Cod

By Sarah Davis
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Representing the Great Banks and North Atlantic fisheries, this vignette depicts salt bins, a rod shed, and a pier; a three-masted ship is seen offshore.

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Clearing Land

By Sarah Davis
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Two settlers use a team of oxen to remove the stumps of newly felled trees while, in the background, others build a log hut next to an inland river.