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Nearly Nine Million Visitors Later November 30 By: Sharon Gang 0 Comments On December 2, the Capitol Visitor Center celebrates its four-year anniversary. Sharon Gang, the third member of the CVC's operations staff, reflects back to the opening four years ago. Continue Reading »	Lincoln and the Capitol November 09 By: Matt Guilfoyle 1 Comments The recent attention for the movie “Lincoln” produced by Steven Spielberg and starring Daniel Day-Lewis as President Abraham Lincoln draws focus on this remarkable individual, the period in which he... Continue Reading »
What does the Constitution mean to me? September 14 By: Sharon Gang 0 Comments 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... Continue Reading »	Path to Capitol During the Civil War August 28 By: Matt Guilfoyle 0 Comments 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.... Continue Reading »
Burning the Capitol: what really happened during the... August 22 By: Office of the AOC Curator 0 Comments 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... Continue Reading »	Meeting a Capitol Artist August 14 By: Sharon Gang 0 Comments Sharon Gang, Marketing and Communications Manager for the Capitol Visitor Center, describes her experience meeting Jimilu Mason, an American artist with works on display at the U.S. Capitol building. Continue Reading »
AOC Trailblazer: Georgia Shaw July 12 By: Kristen Frederick 0 Comments Georgia Shaw was the first woman hired by the AOC as a draftsman, leading to a fulfilling 29-year career with the agency. After Georgia passed, her daughter honored her mother’s legacy by including... Continue Reading »	Squirrels on Capitol Grounds April 13 By: Andria Leo 0 Comments When walking across the Capitol Grounds there is one critter that can consistently be seen out and about – the squirrel. When did squirrels first come to Washington, D.C. and how did they end up here... Continue Reading »