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Author Robert Watson talked about the War of 1812, detailing the British military campaign and American resistance on August 24, 1814, the day the British burned the Capitol. The U.S. Capito…

Bob Bostock, a head speechwriter for George W. Bush administration EPA Administrator Christine Todd Whitman, talked about the EPA’s origins and the environmental politics and policies of the…

November 11, 2021 is the centennial of Arlington Cemetery’s Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Samuel Holliday, of the U.S. Capitol Historical Society, explained the story behind the tomb, who is …

U.S. Capitol Historical Society chief guide Steve Livengood gave a virtual walking tour of a Capitol Hill neighborhood bordered by 1st Street at A and East Capitol Streets, N.E., explaining …

Scholar and writer Lynda Cooper presented a history of the 1893 Chicago Columbian Exposition. She described the influence the event had on the artists and architects who designed and decorat…