September 25
By: Franklin Bradley
Year round, I often notice Architect of the Capitol employees perched high in the trees above. I love the large, beautiful trees across Capitol Hill—they are longest standing witnesses of the history...
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September 14
By: Sharon Gang
My colleagues at the Capitol Visitor Center’s (CVC) Exhibits and Education Division asked that I create a sample journal to inspire U.S. Capitol visitors who will make journals as part of...
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August 28
By: Matt Guilfoyle
As a professional commuter, every day I enter my “bubble” – looking at my
phone, listening to music, reading my Kindle – as I travel from my home in
Bristow, Virginia, to my office at the U.S....
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August 22
By: Curator Office
In retaliation for the Americans' recent burning of the Canadian capital at York (present-day Toronto), British troops descended on Washington, D.C., in August 1814, to set fire to much of the...
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