Dr. Carla Hayden Named 2020 Freedom Award Honoree USCHS is delighted to announce the 2020 Freedom Award honoree: Dr. Carla Hayden, Librarian of Congress. Dr. Hayden will accept the award during a virtual ceremony…
USCHS is excited to offer an opportunity to enjoy a history-oriented LIVE performance—perfect for enjoying from the comfort of your own living room! On Saturday, September 12, we are hosting a virtual reading of Jean…
The U.S. Capitol Historical Society has launched Toward a More Perfect Union, a biweekly speaker series examining the historic role of Congress in the journey toward defining the ideal of a “perfect union” in American…
"Congress, the Home Front, and the Civil War" is the subject of this year’s annual symposium on Friday, May 3, 2013. The day-long conference will be held in Room G-50 of the Dirksen Senate Office…
The U.S. Capitol Historical Society will host two book signing lectures in April featuring a recent study of six generations of an African American family in Washington, DC and Maryland and a new book on…
At noon on Wednesday, February 13, Matthew Wasniewski, Historian of the United States House of Representatives, will present the 2012 African American Month Lecture for the U.S. Capitol Historical Society on the topic of “Phoenix…