A statue of educator and civil rights activist Mary McLeod Bethune was dedicated as part of Congress’s National Statuary Hall. She is the first African American to be represented in the coll…
1,237 viewsPioneering aviator Amelia Earhart’s statue joined one of former President Dwight Eisenhower in the U.S. Capitol’s National Statuary Hall Collection to represent Kansas. House Speaker Nancy P…
164 viewsThe portrait of outgoing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) was unveiled in the U.S. Capitol’s Statuary Hall. The painting was completed by the late Ronald Sherr in 2014 and has been in stora…
2,532 viewsCongressional lawmakers gathered to pay tribute to the late Representative Don Young (R-AK), dean of the House of Representatives, who died unexpectedly on March 18, 2022, at age 88. House M…
813 viewsTo mark Women’s History Month at the U.S. Capitol, House Speaker Nancy Pelsoi (D-CA) honored tennis player Billie Jean King and the daughter of former Representative Patsy Mink (D-HI). Patsy…
512 viewsHouse lawmakers gathered for a memorial service for the late Representative Alcee Hastings (D-FL), who died in early April at age 84 of pancreatic cancer. Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), Majori…
1,417 viewsFormer NFL player Steve Gleason received the Congressional Gold Medal for his advocacy on amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS and also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease), a disease he has had sin…
19,464 viewsThe casket of the late Representative Elijah Cummings (D-MD) arrived at the U.S. Capitol for a ceremony before lying in state. Leadership from both the House and Senate made remarks, includi…
11,992 viewsMembers of Congress, staff, and family attended a memorial service held in Statuary Hall in the U.S. Capitol for the late Representative Louise Slaughter (D-NY). Speakers included fellow New…
39,959 viewsCongressional leaders and Secretary of State John Kerry dedicated a bust of former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill. Roger Daltrey, leader singer of the band the Who, sang “Won’t Get…
672 viewsHouse Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) joined other House and Senate members in Statuary Hall of the U.S. Capitol to unveil and dedicate a statue of inventor Thomas Edison. Each state is entitled to…
423 viewsFriends, colleagues and family members of the late U.S. Representative Mark Takai (D-HI) gathered for a memorial service in the U.S. Capitol’s Statuary Hall. Some of the dignitaries who shar…
992 viewsHouse Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) hosted her annual Women’s History Month reception, which included remarks by first lady Michelle Obama and Jill Biden, and House Republican Conferen…
1,532 viewsHouse and Senate leaders posthumously awarded the Congressional Gold Medal to the victims of the 1963 16th St. Baptist Church bombing. On September 15, 1963, shortly after the March on Washi…
600 viewsHouse Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Representative Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) paid tribute to Supreme Court Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Sonia Sotomayor, and Elena Kagan at a W…
19,703 viewsHouse Speaker John Boehner, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid, and House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi dedicated a statue to the late Barry Goldwat…
874 viewsHouse members and President Obama attended a memorial service in Statuary Hall for the late Speaker Thomas S. Foley.
1,142 viewsDignitaries spoke at a ceremony honoring the 50th anniversary of the August 28, 1963, March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Following the invocation and the presentation of the colors, c…
689 viewsA statue of Rosa Parks was unveiled and dedicated in Statuary Hall in the U.S. Capitol. She was the first African-American woman to have a statue in her honor in the Capitol. President Obama…
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