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... 47 KB (2,914 words) - 13:23, 19 April 2024 |
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... 6 KB (748 words) - 13:01, 3 May 2024 |
United States Capitol shooting occurred on July 24, 1998, when Russell Eugene Weston Jr. entered the Capitol and fatally shot United States Capitol Police... 28 KB (2,592 words) - 14:28, 23 April 2024 |
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... 21 KB (2,329 words) - 14:55, 20 April 2024 |
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... 103 KB (11,259 words) - 11:25, 1 May 2024 |
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... 470 KB (44,347 words) - 01:49, 8 May 2024 |
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... 15 KB (1,843 words) - 06:37, 1 May 2024 |
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... 25 KB (2,413 words) - 10:30, 8 April 2024 |
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... 13 KB (1,114 words) - 16:31, 11 April 2024 |
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... 4 KB (335 words) - 13:39, 14 May 2023 |
instructor at the United States Military Academy. His best-known work is Embarkation of the Pilgrims in the United States Capitol rotunda in Washington,... 12 KB (1,174 words) - 08:55, 5 January 2024 |
Statue of George Washington (Houdon) (category Monuments and memorials to George Washington in the United States) 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... 29 KB (2,691 words) - 15:02, 2 May 2024 |
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... 8 KB (697 words) - 10:50, 8 February 2024 |
D'Alemberte Rotunda, on the campus of Florida State University Ford Rotunda, a former tourist attraction in Dearborn, Michigan United States Capitol rotunda, in... 3 KB (428 words) - 13:16, 13 January 2024 |
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... 3 KB (57 words) - 14:48, 19 February 2023 |
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... 16 KB (1,432 words) - 01:49, 14 April 2024 |
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... 20 KB (2,013 words) - 05:32, 19 January 2024 |
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... 94 KB (9,517 words) - 02:09, 9 May 2024 |
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... 135 KB (15,689 words) - 04:54, 3 May 2024 |
The United States Capitol Police (USCP) is a federal law enforcement agency in the United States with nationwide jurisdiction charged with protecting the... 50 KB (4,187 words) - 19:46, 18 March 2024 |
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... 2 KB (144 words) - 22:48, 14 February 2022 |
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... 18 KB (1,503 words) - 22:28, 10 April 2024 |
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... 8 KB (866 words) - 07:08, 11 February 2024 |
Warren G. Harding (redirect from 29th President of the United States) Francisco to Washington, D.C., where he lay in state at the United States Capitol rotunda. After funeral services there, Harding's body was transported... 136 KB (17,778 words) - 14:20, 7 May 2024 |
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... 134 KB (16,163 words) - 18:33, 30 April 2024 |
General George Washington Resigning His Commission (category Paintings in the United States Capitol) started in 1822, finished in 1824, and is now on view in the United States Capitol rotunda in Washington, D.C., along with three other large-scale paintings... 12 KB (1,161 words) - 15:10, 15 April 2023 |