Whereas: Stories from the People’s House
In the mood for some spooky Halloween yarns? The House has its own share of tricks and treats.
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Holidays, Edition for Educators
What’s that in the back of the House Chamber? Is the camera out of focus, or could there be a ghost in the Capitol?
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House Chamber, Photographs
On July 4, 1809, an unusual reburial ceremony took place at the Wayne family burial grounds in Radnor, Pennsylvania. For 12 years, the remains of “Mad” Anthony Wayne, the Revolutionary War hero and former congressman, had rested 400 miles away on the shores of Lake Erie. But on that early summer day, Mad Anthony’s remains were going home—well, most of them were going home.
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Members of Congress, Holidays
“Sometimes you sit here and think you hear the funniest things a’ going on,” the infamous House Doorkeeper William “Fishbait” Miller once told an interviewer, Miller’s broad smile casting doubt on whether he actually believed what he said. “Wonder, if those sounds I keep a‘hearin’ are chicken ghosts?”
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Capitol Campus, Holidays
Five Most Recent Blog Posts
Will the Real Thomas Forrest Please Stand Up
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Members of Congress, War
Founding the Congressional Hispanic Conference
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Women & Minorities on the Hill
Development of the Industrial United States and the Emergence of Modern America (1870–1931), Part I: The Records of Power
Recent Artifacts Online, Fall 2024
National History Day 2025: “Rights and Responsibilities”
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Edition for Educators, Announcements