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TODAY! 1 PM! Come learn about Mary McLeod Bethune, who will be the first Black woman depicted in the National Statuary Hall Collection once Florida finishes it. #CapitolConversations zoomgov.com/meeting/regist…

TODAY! 1 PM! Come learn about Mary McLeod Bethune, who will be the first Black woman depicted in the National Statuary Hall Collection once Florida finishes it. #CapitolConversations zoomgov.com/meeting/regist…
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Former Majority Leader Harry Reid shares the stirring story of Bob Dole's friendship with Sen. Daniel Inouye youtu.be/bvns3yShZg4

Former Majority Leader Harry Reid shares the stirring story of Bob Dole's friendship with Sen. Daniel Inouye youtu.be/bvns3yShZg4
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Bob Dole was hospitalized in Percy Jones Hospital with future colleagues Phil Hart (MI) and Daniel Inouye (HI). They formed what they called the Percy Jones Caucus. Today, it is the Hart-Dole-Inouye Federal Center.

Bob Dole was hospitalized in Percy Jones Hospital with future colleagues Phil Hart (MI) and Daniel Inouye (HI). They formed what they called the Percy Jones Caucus. Today, it is the Hart-Dole-Inouye Federal Center.
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Bob Dole will lie in state at the Capitol Rotunda on Thursday. This will be the 4th lying in state/honor at the Capitol since the pandemic began. John Lewis, Ruth Bader Ginsburg (in Statuary Hall), Officer Brian Sicknick, and Officer Billy Evans.

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Learn more about Inauguration Day on today's episode of #CapitolConversations 🕑 1 PM EST 📍 Register for FREE here: zoomgov.com/meeting/regist…

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New portrait of Patsy Takemoto Mink, first woman of color to serve in Congress, unveiled in the Capitol on the anniversary of Title IX.

New portrait of Patsy Takemoto Mink, first woman of color to serve in Congress, unveiled in the Capitol on the anniversary of Title IX.
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What's the plaster model of the Statue of Freedom doing out of the Capitol Visitor Center? Hope it doesn't rain. apps.apple.com/app/apple-stor… play.google.com/store/apps/det…

What's the plaster model of the Statue of Freedom doing out of the Capitol Visitor Center? Hope it doesn't rain.

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#OTD in 1793 President Washington laid the cornerstone for the Capitol. The crowd consumed a 500 lb ox barbecued for the occasion and toasted a new start for the country. The scene is depicted on the Senate bronze doors and in the Cox Corridors in the House wing.

#OTD in 1793 President Washington laid the cornerstone for the Capitol. The crowd consumed a 500 lb ox barbecued for the occasion and toasted a new start for the country. 

The scene is depicted on the Senate bronze doors and in the Cox Corridors in the House wing.
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It's new statue day at the Capitol! Willa Cather, Nebraska author and the state's second new statue in the last 4 years, will be unveiled in National Statuary Hall. Stream the ceremony live at 11 am EDT: youtube.com/live/-w_RF2qMu…

It's new statue day at the Capitol! 

Willa Cather, Nebraska author and the state's second new statue in the last 4 years, will be unveiled in National Statuary Hall.

Stream the ceremony live at 11 am EDT: youtube.com/live/-w_RF2qMu…