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…
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…
Both events are free and open to the public. Washington, D.C.: Streets and Statues, Walking in the Steps of History Wednesday, January 9 at noon in Ketchum Hall of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Building…