Architect of the Capitol (AOC)
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Serve | Preserve | Inspire — Stewards of the iconic buildings and grounds of #USCapitol Hill. More AOC: 🙂 @aochiring, 🪴 @usbotanicgarden, 🎟 @visitthecapitol
Take a deeper look at the four large history paintings by John Trumbull in the #USCapitol Rotunda, which depict pivotal moments before, during and after the Revolutionary War. 🎬 Watch the full video: youtube.com/watch?v=_eOngb… #America250
🎞️: There were 56 signers of the Declaration of Independence. Trumbull represented 47 figures, including five who were not signers. #America250
Here is what you need to know about this week's Capitol Fourth Concert: tinyurl.com/52k727kn
What began as a poem in 1893 was later combined with music to form the patriotic song many of us know today: aoc.gov/blog/capitol-l… 🇺🇸 #America250 [ A portion of #AmericaTheBeautiful can be found painted in the U.S. Capitol's House wing. ]
Committee of Five loading… Delegates depicted in this #CoxCorridors sketch/mural were appointed by the Continental Congress #OTD 1776 to draft the Declaration of Independence: Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, Thomas Jefferson, Robert Livingston & John Adams. 📜🇺🇸 #America250
The #CoxCorridors feature paintings of the 16 buildings that housed the Congresses 1754-1865; it also chronicles legislative milestones of 3 centuries, 1620-1920. 🏛️📜 SEEN HERE: the First Continental Congress who met Sept. 5-Oct. 26, 1774, at Carpenters' Hall in PA. #America250
Three small areas of the corridor are left purposefully unfinished and exposed, including one original lunette, offering a striking contrast. #USCapitolPaint #PreservationMonth Learn more: aoc.gov/explore-capito… 🎨
The first #USCapitol elevator was installed in 1873. 🛗 Today, the Architect of the Capitol's elevator mechanics maintain more than 330 across the campus. #NationalElevatorMechanicsDay
This Senate passageway, one of the oldest U.S. Capitol spaces, has been restored to its original look and feel. Intricate frescoes are now visible in the arches, each shaded slightly differently to correspond to the amount of light it gets throughout the day. #PreservationMonth
This Senate passageway, one of the oldest U.S. Capitol spaces, has been restored to its original look and feel. Intricate frescoes are now visible in the arches, each shaded slightly differently to correspond to the amount of light it gets throughout the day. #PreservationMonth
Thanks to a recent #USCapitolPaint project, this Senate corridor is now "wearing" a green chosen from its period of significance ⇢ 1859. ☘️ Before/during, and after:
