The United States Capitol building features a central rotunda below the Capitol dome. Built between 1818 and 1824, the rotunda has been described as the...
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with the initial designs drawn up for the United States Capitol by William Thornton, which called for a rotunda to be placed between the two wings of the...
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United States Capitol shooting occurred on July 24, 1998, when Russell Eugene Weston Jr. entered the Capitol and fatally shot United States Capitol Police...
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for two days in the Capitol rotunda, the United States Air Force performed a flyover during the funeral procession to the Capitol, and flags were lowered...
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The United States Capitol features a dome situated above its rotunda. The dome is 288 feet (88 m) in height and 96 feet (29 m) in diameter. Designed by...
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the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C.). The Pantheon in Rome is perhaps the most famous, and is the most influential rotunda. A band rotunda is...
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On January 6, 2021, the United States Capitol Building in Washington, D.C. was attacked by a mob of supporters of then-U.S. president Donald Trump, two...
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The United States Capitol, often called the Capitol or the Capitol Building, is the seat of the United States Congress, the legislative branch of the...
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politician of the same name by Chas Fagan, installed at the United States Capitol's rotunda, in Washington, D.C., as part of the National Statuary Hall...
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his four paintings that hang in the United States Capitol rotunda, is used on the reverse of the current United States two-dollar bill. Trumbull was born...
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by the American artist John Woodrow Wilson is located at the United States Capitol rotunda in Washington, D.C. The bust depicts Dr. Martin Luther King...
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Surrender of General Burgoyne (category Paintings in the United States Capitol)
Trumbull. The painting was completed in 1821 and hangs in the United States Capitol rotunda in Washington, D.C. The painting depicts the surrender of British...
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instructor at the United States Military Academy. His best-known work is Embarkation of the Pilgrims in the United States Capitol rotunda in Washington,...
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is an empty burial chamber two stories directly below the Rotunda of the United States Capitol building in Washington, DC. It was included in the original...
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William Henry Powell (category Artists of the United States Capitol)
state capitol building and the other, in the United States Capitol. Powell has a second piece of artwork displayed in the United States Capitol Rotunda, the...
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Franklin Simmons (section United States Capitol)
are in the United States Senate Vice Presidential Bust Collection, and his statue of Ulysses S. Grant is in the United States Capitol Rotunda. Simmons was...
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Ream is installed in the United States Capitol's rotunda, in Washington, D.C. List of sculptures of presidents of the United States List of statues of Abraham...
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D'Alemberte Rotunda, on the campus of Florida State University Ford Rotunda, a former tourist attraction in Dearborn, Michigan United States Capitol rotunda, in...
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Herbert Hoover (redirect from 31st President of the United States)
honored with a state funeral in which he lay in state in the United States Capitol rotunda. President Lyndon Johnson and First Lady Lady Bird Johnson attended...
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Capitol in Washington, D.C. In 1936, a marble statue of Jefferson Davis, president of the Confederate States of America, was placed in the rotunda. The...
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James A. Garfield (redirect from 20th President of the United States)
his body lay in state from September 21 to 23, 1881, at the United States Capitol rotunda; on September 25, in Cleveland, Garfield's casket was paraded...
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Filippo Costaggini (category Artists of the United States Capitol)
Pennsylvania. He is known mainly for his work on the frieze in the United States Capitol Rotunda where he continued the work of Brumidi after he died. Costaggini...
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Statue of George Washington (Houdon) (category Monuments and memorials to presidents of the United States in the United Kingdom)
rotunda of the Virginia State Capitol in Richmond, Virginia, and it has been copied extensively, with one copy standing in the United States Capitol Rotunda...
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The United States Capitol Police (USCP) is a federal law enforcement agency in the United States with nationwide jurisdiction charged with protecting the...
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William Howard Taft (redirect from 27th President of the United States)
the liver, and high blood pressure. Taft lay in state at the United States Capitol rotunda. On March 11, he became the first president and first member...
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Declaration of Independence (painting) (category Paintings in the United States Capitol)
commissioned in 1817, purchased in 1819, and placed in the United States Capitol rotunda in 1826. The painting is sometimes incorrectly described as...
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work is the statue of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln in the United States Capitol rotunda. Ream's Statue of Sequoyah and Statue of Samuel J. Kirkwood...
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in size and was commissioned by the United States Congress in 1817; it has hung in the United States Capitol Rotunda since 1826. It is sometimes described...
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was used for Gutzon Borglum's bust of Abraham Lincoln in the United States Capitol rotunda. He commented that the stone's fine texture let him portray...
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United States Capitol's rotunda, in Washington, D.C. Ulysses S. Grant Memorial on Capitol Hill List of sculptures of presidents of the United States "Ulysses...
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