#HappyBirthday Speaker Clay! We got you a globe, an anvil, and a big flag. #HouseCollection history.house.gov/Collection/Lis…

Congress had a cow about dairy in 1921. #NationalFarmAnimalsDay history.house.gov/Blog/2015/June…

The five Dunn sisters from #Nebraska took over the @USCapitol in 1924. #SiblingsDay #HouseCollection history.house.gov/Historical-Hig…

The House overrode President Andrew Johnson's veto of the Civil Rights Act #OTD 1866. The legislation granted all citizens the “full and equal benefit of all laws and proceedings for the security of person and property.” history.house.gov/HistoricalHigh…

Stephen Van Culen White, first president of the American Astronomical Society in 1883, and a one-term Representative, reminds everyone not to look directly at the #Eclipse ! NASA History Office
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Countdown to the #TotalSolarEclipse . Be sure to wear your proper glasses. NASA

Two-term Rep Clyde Harold Smith of #ME died #OTD 1940. His widow Margaret Chase Smith became Maine's first woman elected to Congress and served in both the House and Senate during her 37-year career. history.house.gov/HistoricalHigh…

“The view was grand, as the sun was magnified many times,” House Clerk Benjamin French noted in his diary about the 1869 #SolarEclipse NASA History Office history.house.gov/HistoricalHigh…

Onlookers packed the @USCapitol Dome in August1869 to witness a late-afternoon total solar #Eclipse2024 . history.house.gov/HistoricalHigh…

'There was an Eclipse of the Sun...the thermometer..fell...no darkness, but at the greatest obscuration the light of the Sun was pale & sickly— The Planet Venus & the Star Vega, were seen as they are some times after Sunrise.' JQA, Feb 1831 Massachusetts Historical Society #SolarEclipse

After five days of discussion, the House Select Committee on Rules issued its first set of parliamentary guidelines #OTD 1789. history.house.gov/HistoricalHigh…

On National Library Day, learn more about the Bookmobile! #HistoryBlog #nationallibraryweek history.house.gov/Blog/2022/Marc…

After days of debate, at 3:12 AM, the House adopted a war resolution against Germany #OTD 1917. It was the fourth occasion that Congress had enacted a declaration of war. history.house.gov/HistoricalHigh…

#OTD 1968, federal troops arrived to guard the U.S. Capitol amid nationwide civil unrest following the assassination of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. the day before. history.house.gov/HistoricalHigh…

The caption adhered to the reverse side of this 1939 photo cryptically states that the “auto hub cap reflects the Capitol’s central position in the nations’ life.” #ArchivesSnapshot history.house.gov/Collection/Det…

The House held a funeral in the House Chamber for Rep James A. Black of #SC #OTD 1848. He was temporarily buried @CongCemetery before being reinterred in South Carolina. history.house.gov/HistoricalHigh…

#TBT to the partial #Eclipse over the @USCapitol in 2021! Great pic from NASA HQ PHOTO!

What’s new in our digital collections? Everything from 18th c. House Speakers to 20th c. cartoons. #HistoryBlog #HouseCollection history.house.gov/Blog/2024/Apri…