As the nation recovers from the January 6 insurrection, the United States Capitol Historical Society is proud to join with leading civil society groups to launch CapitolStrong, an initiative to strengthen and invest in the…
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…
On Monday June 8, the U.S. Capitol Historical Society and the U.S. Capitol Visitor Center present a noon EDT discussion to celebrate the launch of the podcast Shaping History: Women in Capitol Art. Join us and the…
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…
The U.S. Capitol Historical Society kicks off 2020 with its first brown bag lecture. Matthew P. Fink will present a talk about Senator Carter Glass. The talk will be held on Wednesday, January 15 in…
To Commemorate the Bicentennial of the War of 1812 and the August 24, 1814 invasion and burning of the White House and United States Capitol, The White House Historical Association (WHHA), The United States Capitol Historical…
Join us this August for a series of four noontime lectures featuring three discussions of art and architectural topics pertaining to the history of the Capitol and one book signing lecture on a new publication…
"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…