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The Capitol Hill Historic District, which encompasses approximately 8,000 contributing buildings, grew from a small boarding house community for members of Congress to an area of more than 150 squares spread out over several different neighborhoods. The first Capitol Hill neighborhood was a small community of residences, inhabited mostly by government workers. With DC as the new seat of the ...
The U.S. Capitol Complex is the home of the Legislative Branch of the United States federal government, and seat of the United States Congress. It is commonly referred to as Capitol Hill and houses all U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate office buildings, the Library of Congress, and the symbol of democracy, the U.S. Capitol.
What is the largest statue in the National Statuary Hall Collection? The statue of King Kamehameha I, donated by the state of Hawaii. The bronze statue is 9'-10" tall and stands on a 3'-6" granite base; their combined weight is approximately 15,000 pounds.
On January 6, 2021, the United States Capitol Building in Washington, D.C., was attacked by a mob of supporters of then-U.S. president Donald Trump, two months after his defeat in the 2020 presidential election.
The proposal for a Capitol Visitor Center began to crystallize in the mid-1970s with the issuance of the Architect of the Capitol's report "Toward a Master Plan for the United States Capitol." In 1991, Congress authorized funding for conceptual planning and design of a visitor center. In 1995, the design report was issued.
Oct 19, 2023 · Protesters with Jewish Voice for Peace during a demonstration in the Cannon House Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., Oct. 18, 2023. Kent Nishimura/Bloomberg via Getty Images
Oct 18, 2023 · Pro-Palestinian protesters swarmed on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, calling for a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.
