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Following the passage of the 18th Amendment, prohibition began in the U.S. on January 16, 1920. Garrett Peck, author of the book Prohibition in Washington, DC, explained how the nation’s cap…

How did the suffragists win the vote? Lucinda Robb and Rebecca Boggs Roberts, heirs to two prominent political families, explained their strategies and tactics in The Suffragist Playbook: Yo…

The U.S. Capitol Historical Society’s Steve Livengood, chief guide and public historian, talked about the ghost stories and legends associated with the seat of Congress. The society hosted t…

Martha Jones, author of Vanguard: How Black Women Broke Barriers, Won the Vote, and Insisted on Equality For All, talked about the various ways African American women became involved in the …

The U.S. Capitol Historical Society hosted a discussion about President Eisenhower’s work to build up the nation’s infrastructure in the post-World War II years with an interstate highway sy…

Capitol tour guide Robert Pohl shared some of his favorite unconventional stories with the U.S. Capitol Historical Society. He talked about the late-19th century fad of honeymooners visiting…

U.S. Capitol Historical Society Chief Historian William “Chuck” diGiacomantonio discussed the tumultuous interactions between Democratic-Republican President Thomas Jefferson and Federalist …

U.S. Capitol Historical Society chief guide and public historian Steve Livengood took viewers on a virtual tour of the Capitol grounds that were designed by landscape architect Frederick Law…