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Official twitter account for the U.S. Capitol Visitor Center. Information on special activities, U.S. Capitol tours, and exhibitions on the Capitol.

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  1. 5 hrs

    Before your visit to , DC download any of our brochures on touring the .

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  2. 22 hrs

    House & Senate leaders announced Rosa Parks' statue will be dedicated in Statuary Hall on 2/27.

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  3. Feb 14

    happening now at the Capitol Visitor Center, near the N. Gift Shop. We supply materials - you create a journal of your visit!

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  4. Feb 14

    The road to freedom and equality

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  5. Feb 14

    REMINDER: The Capitol Visitor Center WILL be open on 2/18, President's Day. tours offered thru the day.

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  6. Feb 14

    The Medal of Honor is the highest award for military bravery & is presented in the name of the Congress of the U.S.

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  7. Feb 13

    : take 5th - 8th graders on a free, live electronic field trip to the today at 1 pm.

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  8. Feb 13

    Reformers feared unregulated big business would use its influence for private gain

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  9. Feb 13

    The Capitol Visitor Center is open, and Capitol tours are available thru the day. Check at either Information Desk for same-day passes.

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  10. Feb 13

    Thomas Jefferson, First annual message to Congress, December 8, 1801

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  11. Feb 13

    President Abraham Lincoln’s Annual Message to Congress 1862

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  12. Feb 13

    "If you want to get along—go along" – Sam Rayburn, the longest-serving Speaker of the House

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  13. Feb 13

    The House Chamber is where the Speaker conducts business & welcomes the Senate for joint sessions of Congress

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  14. Feb 13

    At 9PM the President will deliver the State of the Union speech to Congress. Capitol tours will resume regular schedule tomorrow

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  15. Feb 12

    Special 15-min talk tomorrow, 2/14,1 pm on the life of abolitionist Absalom Jones. Meet at Exhibition Hall, lower level, CVC.

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  16. Feb 12

    Make a day of it! Tour the & then go to the special open house of Library of Congress' Main Reading Room: 2/18, 10 am - 3 pm.

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  17. Feb 12

    US Capitol Police list of Road CLOSURES for State of the Union are **ATTACHED**

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  18. Feb 12

    : planning a field trip to the ? Here are answers to your FAQs:

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  19. Feb 12

    Pres. Reagan's 1986 was postponed a week so he could honor the "brave seven" on the .

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  20. Feb 12

    believed the abolition of slavery essential to the survival of the nation. Read his words from 12/1/1862:

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