About the Capitol | Historical Highlights

• George Washington Lays the Cornerstone of the Capitol Sep 18, 1793

• A Capitol in Ruins Aug 24, 1814

• The Senate Buys a Library

• First Telegraph Messages from the Capitol May 24, 1844

• Capitol Cornerstone Dedicated Jul 4, 1851

• Constructing a National Symbol Dec 2, 1863

• Capitol Gas Explosion Nov 6, 1898

• Smoking Ban Mar 9, 1914

• Bomb Rocks Capitol Jul 2, 1915

• The Senate and the Bonus Expeditionary Force of 1932

• Mystery of the Senate Bathtubs Aug 17, 1936

• Cooling Off the Senate 1859-1939

• Making Room for Women in the Senate

• Bomb Explodes in Capitol Nov 7, 1983

• The Capitol Building as a Target Sep 11, 2001

• "Lady Freedom Among Us" Dec 2, 2008

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