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13 hours ago · The U.S. Congress was established upon ratification of the U.S. Constitution and formally began on March 4, 1789. New York City remained home to Congress until July 1790, [5] when the Residence Act was passed to pave the way for a permanent capital.
- United States Capitol Dome
The dome of the United States Capitol building at night in...
- Rammed a Car Into Barriers Outside The Capitol
On April 2, 2021, Noah Green, a 25-year-old black...
- List of Capitols in The United States
This is a list of state and territorial capitols in the...
- Capitol Hill
Capitol Hill is a neighborhood in Washington, D.C., located...
- National Capitol Columns
Columns and pool. The National Capitol Columns are a...
- Burning of Washington
British and American movements during the Chesapeake...
- Vice President's Room
The Vice President's Room is the vice president's office in...
- The Apotheosis of Washington
Scene Description War Freedom, also known as Columbia, is...
- Constantino Brumidi
Brumidi's Liberty and Union paintings are mounted near the...
- National Statuary Hall Collection
Part of the National Statuary Hall Collection. Presiding...
- United States Capitol Dome
13 hours ago · Signature. Clarence Thomas (born June 23, 1948) is an American lawyer and jurist who serves as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. He was nominated by President George H. W. Bush to succeed Thurgood Marshall and has served since 1991. After Marshall, Thomas is the second African American to serve on the Supreme Court ...
13 hours ago · The Indo-Pakistani war of 1971, also known as the third India-Pakistan war, was a military confrontation between India and Pakistan that occurred during the Bangladesh Liberation War in East Pakistan from 3 December 1971 until the Pakistani capitulation in Dhaka on 16 December 1971. The war began with Pakistan's Operation Chengiz Khan ...
13 hours ago · Korean War. Barry Morris Goldwater (January 2, 1909 [1] – May 29, 1998) was an American politician and major general in the Air Force Reserve who served as a United States senator from 1953 to 1965 and 1969 to 1987, and was the Republican Party 's nominee for president in 1964 . Goldwater was born in Phoenix, Arizona, where he helped manage ...
13 hours ago · Jews played a prominent role, and were among the pioneers of Oakland in the 1850s. In the early years, the Oakland Hebrew Benevolent Society, founded in 1862, was the religious, social, and charitable center of the community. The first synagogue, the First Hebrew Congregation of Oakland, was founded in 1875.
13 hours ago · Tennessee's 1834 Constitution included a provision: “the free white men of this State have a right to Keep and bear arms for their common defense.” Citizenship, however, did not guarantee any particular rights, such as the right to vote. Black Americans, for example, who gained formal U.S. citizenship by 1870, were soon disenfranchised. For ...
13 hours ago · On December 12, 1787, Pennsylvania became the second state to ratify the U.S. Constitution. The bloodiest battle of the American Civil War , at Gettysburg over three days in July 1863, proved the war's turning point, leading to the Union's preservation .
