–by Clare Whitton, USCHS intern On a chilly winter evening, U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, Philip Barton Key … More
Category: Random but Interesting
What’s in a Name? Part II of II
–by Lauren Borchard Sometimes, it’s the juxtapositions that give a name its air of insouciance. That’s the case with Representatives … More
J.P. Morgan, the Senate Banking Committee, and a Circus Dwarf
–by Joanna Hallac Upon first glance of the title of this post, you might think I was about to tell … More
Flying over the Capitol, Part 1
by Don Kennon The recent dramatic flight over the Capitol and National Mall by the Space Shuttle Discovery on the … More
Everyone Else Is Doing It (Shuttle Pic)
The Architect of the Capitol has a lovely Flickr page with all sorts of great Capitol pictures; it currently features … More
1914 Capitol Pictures
How Many Modes of Transportation Can You Find? In 1914 while on a motorcycle trip to Washington, D.C., Lee Roy … More
Students Viewing Greenough’s Washington, c.1900
We’ve run across this photograph a couple of times recently and wanted to share it with you. It neatly ties … More
Speaker Rayburn’s “Board of Education”
–by Joanna Hallac I recently had the pleasure of sitting down with Congressman Jason Altmire (D-PA) for a conversation that … More
Newsies on the Capitol Steps
Flipping through photos of historic Washington, I found this one: It’s a striking image, juxtaposing a physical manifestation of the … More
Rainey in Bermuda
Rainey in Bermuda: The First African American Member of the House of Representatives’ Bermuda Connection by Don Kennon While on … More