August 7: Michele Cohen, The Preservation Dilemma Cohen will focus her presentation on the two sculptures that were removed from the Capitol’s East front cheek blocks and are currently in storage. She will discuss…
UPDATE: Paul Polgar's talk will be broadcast on American History TV (C-SPAN 3) on Sunday, May 21 at 6:45 pm EDT. After it is broadcast, it will be available online here. The U.S. Capitol Historical…
The U.S. Capitol Historical Society (USCHS) has sponsored an annual tribute to a House or Senate Committee for the past 19 years. In our 20th year of honoring the work of Congressional committees, we are…
"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…
A recent biography of Wilbur Mills and a new book on the history of women journalists in Washington, D.C. are the subjects of two March book signing lectures sponsored by the United States Capitol Historical…
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…