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2 months

Thomas E. Austin, PE, CCM, PMP, has taken the oath of office and is now proudly serving as the 13th Architect of the Capitol:

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7 years

Duckling update: Ramp in Use!

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11 years

Due to a lapse in government funding, this account will not be active until further notice.

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7 years

Capitol Reflecting Pool has been a popular attraction—for ducks +humans! NEW: 2 ramps to safely assist ducks in/out:

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7 years

Duckling update: The full journey in.

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8 years

#TBT : Inauguration of President Lincoln on the Capitol's East Front, March 1861.

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2 years

@Olivia_Reingold As a few others have mentioned, we've got the details for you!

Meigs' Miniatures: The Story of the Tiny Doors in the U.S. Capitol

Guesses for what is behind the Capitol Building's smallest doors are as varied as the architectural details that encompass the Capitol campus.

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4 months

Statue of Freedom and today's partial eclipse. 🌘

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1 year

This small but mighty team often reports to work at dawn and stays late into the evening to capture the best images. 📷 After a gap in service during the Great Depression + WWII, AOC photography resumed in 1949 and has been going strong ever since. #PSRW

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5 months

Move over cherry blossoms, it’s tulip time too! 🌷

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5 months

The cherry blossoms get a lot of attention during the day, but what about at night? 🪩

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7 years

Cherry blossom petals on the pathway from Union Station to the Russell Building (taken #OTD 2010).

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6 years

Seasonal blend on Capitol Hill. 🍂❄️ #FirstSnow

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8 years

The 2016 #CapitolChristmasTree all aglow!

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3 years

The #CapitolChristmasTree is officially aglow for the season! 🎄 The tree will be lit from nightfall until 11 p.m. each evening through January 1.

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6 years

It's that time of year again — the Capitol Reflecting Pool ramps are installed, now just waiting on the first ducklings! 🦆 #districtducklings ICYMI:

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6 years

Spotted this morning in Senate Park.

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10 years

The 2014 Capitol Christmas Tree has been lit! http://t.co/ANO8f8wE1Y

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10 years

Sunrise at the Capitol this morning in #DC . http://t.co/9CgD14ySNl

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5 months

The cherry blossoms get a lot of attention during the day, but what about at night? 🪩

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5 months

The #USCapitol cherry blossoms are out for a sunny, but chilly, 1st day of spring in D.C.! ☀️🌸 #BloomWatch

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#USCapitol 's newest statue! Arkansas' Daisy Bates joined the #NSHCollection today. The depiction captures her confidently striding forward w/ notebook + newspaper (1957 headline) in hand—references to her involvement in the Arkansas State Press. More ➡️

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7 years

The 2017 #CapitolChristmasTree sparkles and delights!

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3 months

Pops of purple at the upper fountain. 💜

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1 year

Senate Parks appreciation post. ⛲️🌳🌺

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8 years

This video celebrates the successful completion of this once-in-a-generation project. The Capitol Dome Restoration:

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6 years

The #CapitolChristmasTree is officially aglow for the season!

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7 years

The Capitol Reflecting Pool ducks have had quite the week. Thanks for following!

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7 years

Due to a lapse in government funding, this account will not be active until further notice.

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9 years

The 2015 Capitol Christmas Tree has been lit!

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3 years

Freedom had a few more feathers yesterday afternoon: ❄️🦉

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11 years

Sunset over the National Mall viewed from the Capitol this evening. #DC http://t.co/dABqieQUhp

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7 years

A brood of ducks on the Capitol Reflecting Pool early this morning.

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8 years

Sunlight streams through #CapitolDome windows this morning into the freshly restored Rotunda.

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6 years

The first 10 ducklings out for a swim. #FeatherFriday #DistrictDucklings

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11 years

The moment Statue of Freedom topped the #CapitolDome #OnThisDay 1863: http://t.co/BeBFlspplK

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8 years

Sunrise view this morning from the now SCAFFOLD FREE Dome. Restoration work continues.

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7 years

A beautiful Friday in February. 🌸

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2 months

First day of summer in Washington, D.C. ☀️

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6 years

What began as a poem in 1893 was later combined with music to form the patriotic song many of us know today: #4thOfJuly2018

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7 years

Happy #WorldTurtleDay from the spouting turtles of the @librarycongress Neptune Fountain!

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6 years

Happy 80th birthday to the @librarycongress John Adams Building: . Opened #OTD 1939. 🎉

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9 years

The @librarycongress Jefferson Building dome sees its shadow on the U.S. Capitol dome February 2012. #GroundhogDay

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8 years

The Capitol Dome's cupola after completion of repairs, painting + removal of scaffolding.

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6 years

All smiles despite the rain today. The #CapitolChristmasTree was successfully delivered!

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8 years

The beginning of tonight's sunset from Senate Park.

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7 years

RT to thank the U.S. Capitol Police for their service. #LawEnforcementAppreciationDay

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3 years

Nestled in a crawlspace, a #CannonRenewal electrician discovered this bowler hat that may be from the early 1900s: 🔍 #ArchivesTipOfTheHat

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2 years

THE LIGHTS! ✨🎄 The #CapitolChristmasTree will be lit from nightfall until 11 p.m. each evening now through January 1.

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10 years

Capitol sunset tonight in #DC . #NoFilter http://t.co/hF4bQq4mg8

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8 years

Cascade of Books above entrance to @librarycongress James Madison Bldg. 98 open books, some 5 ft wide. #WorldBookDay

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8 years

JUST ANNOUNCED → 2016 Capitol Christmas Tree Dates: Arrival 11/28. Lighting Ceremony 12/6.

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8 years

IN PROGRESS → Safety netting ("doughnut") being lowered + removed from Capitol Rotunda. Restoration nearly complete!

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3 years

It’s #districtducklings season at the Capitol Reflecting Pool! 🐥 Spotted earlier this week using one of our ramps to safely get out of the water. [ Video thanks to a @DCCityWildlife volunteer. ]

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10 years

Another picture perfect weather day in #DC . http://t.co/I4ES0yWrio

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8 years

This morning's #September11 remembrance ceremony on the Capitol steps.

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6 years

Cherry blossoms spotted this morning at the Rayburn House Office Building horseshoe. 🌸 #CherryBlossomDC

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4 years

Happy birthday, @librarycongress ! 🎉 #LOC220 Until the Thomas Jefferson Building opened in 1897, the Library of Congress was housed in the #USCapitol 's west center building:

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10 years

Capitol columns and #LunarEclipse this morning. #DC #BloodMoon http://t.co/xSVIwgkQQG

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5th anniversary of Discovery, atop #NASA 747 Shuttle Carrier, passing the U.S. Capitol on its way to @airandspace Museum. #OTD

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Russell Senate Office Building is in the spirit. B👀! #HappyHalloween

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6 years

@seungminkim You know our answer. Since 1793. 🏛

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8 years

With a few more levels of scaffolding gone, window tops of the Dome's Second Story are now visible.

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7 years

It's beginning to look more like fall down the National Mall. 🍁

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9 months

The lights are on / The feeling's here That only comes / This time of year Simply having a "Wild & Wonderful" Christmastime. The 2023 #CapitolChristmasTree will be lit from dusk until 11 p.m. each evening now through January 1, 2024. ✨🎄

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Each year, the Architect of the Capitol selects the annual #CapitolChristmasTree in consultation with the @forestservice . This year's tree is a 63-foot Norway spruce from the Greenbrier Ranger District in West Virginia's #MonongahelaNationalForest . 🌲🔜🎄

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8 years

We've officially welcomed the Capitol Christmas Tree to the West Front! Lighting Ceremony on Tuesday, December 6. 🎄

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7 years

View from the top. #TODAYontheHill

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Guess who's back in Senate Parks...

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1 year

Azaleas everywhere. 🤩

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1 year

This 'new' paint scheme (right) is actually old. Based on paint analysis + historic photographs, our team is restoring the #USCapitol 2nd floor Senate corridors to how they appeared circa 1865-1896. #HistoricPreservation Other than main colors, what differences do you see?

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10 years

Snowy morning at the Capitol. http://t.co/vaVE80v95b

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7 years

Entrance to the @librarycongress Madison Memorial Building. #CapitolDetail #PhotoFriday

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Shout out to this handsome puppy and #USCP for keeping us safe on #NationalPuppyDay .

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Sunrise and tulips this morning at the Capitol. http://t.co/BCuhdGkuCC

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6 years

Hall of Columns with this morning’s light. ✨

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10 years

Meet #NormanBorlaug the newest addition to National Statuary Hall Collection: http://t.co/Wn3QrSfhN7 #Borlaug100 http://t.co/3PQvoO4MhB

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8 years

14th Amendment adopted #OTD 1868. See abolitionist Frederick Douglass’ statue → Emancipation Hall, @visitthecapitol .

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7 years

First #FallFriday of November. 🍂

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Today is our 15th straight day of measurable rain in the D.C. area. At least sometimes there is a rainbow.

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6 years

Speeding towards 2019 like… 🚊

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10 years

Roses blooming on Capitol grounds. http://t.co/sPDiEdEgVo

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Dome scaffolding removal is complete at Cupola level, pausing for paint +other work to continue at the Second Story.

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A Cascade of Books by Frank Eliscu is a bronze sculptural screen above the main entrance to the @librarycongress Madison Building: #NationalBookLoversDay

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10 years

Blue skies and white cherry blossoms on grounds of @librarycongress this afternoon. #DC http://t.co/uTwwOI6ByB

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10 years

Sunrise at the Capitol this morning. #DC http://t.co/eQ2MUaGUbQ

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#OTD 1781 Lord Cornwallis surrendered at Yorktown, which ended the last major campaign of the Revolutionary War. This painting of the surrender by artist John Trumbull hangs in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda.