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Veteran-Artists in the House Collection—Part II

by Art on November 9, 2018

Fort Snelling, Minnesota
For our second blog post highlighting military veteran-artists in the House Collection of Art and Artifacts, we look back to the 19th century, at the careers of two Civil War soldiers.

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Categories: Capitol Campus, Committees, Art, War

“Planting Laws and Institutions”: The Election of Representative John Quincy Adams

by History on November 5, 2018

On November 6, 1830, former United States President John Quincy Adams spent the day at his family’s farm near Quincy, Massachusetts, planting trees. On the edge of what would become the orchard, he laid out five rows of chestnuts, oaks, and shagbark hickories. The final, casual line in Adams’s diary that day: “I am a member elect of the twenty-second Congress.”

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Categories: Members of Congress, Presidents, Elections

Post It

by Art on October 30, 2018

Clarence MacGregor Campaign Poster
The modern congressional campaign poster is a familiar sight, but it is nothing like the ones plastered all over town a century ago.

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Categories: Elections, Artifacts

House-Brewed Home Brew

by Archives on October 24, 2018

John Philip Hill and Guests at the Franklin Farms Party
Representative John Philip Hill tried very hard to get arrested by the Commissioner of Prohibition.

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Categories: Members of Congress, Legislation, Photographs

Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month

by History on September 25, 2018

In the summer of 1988, President Ronald Reagan signed into law an act that expanded Hispanic Heritage Week, first created by Congress in 1968, into Hispanic Heritage Month. Sponsored by California Representative Esteban Torres and Illinois Senator Paul Simon, the new law created an annual month-long celebration of Hispanic-American culture and history.

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Categories: Members of Congress, Minorities on the Hill
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