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Posted by: Hanibal Goitom
The United States Capitol building, like Rome, wasn’t built in a day. Construction of the building actually began in 1793. When Congress, the Supreme Court and the Library of Congress moved in at the end of 1800 only the north wing, although not fully complete, was ready for occupancy. Major construction works continued gradually into …
Posted in: Congress, Pic of the Week
Posted by: Hanibal Goitom
The following is a guest post by Donna Sokol, Special Assistant to the Law Librarian of Congress. Her most recent posts included a 6-installment series regarding the legal themes in the art and architecture of the Library of Congress’s Jefferson Building. Three of our law librarians were furiously live-tweeting at Wednesday’s Congress.gov launch. Thirty fingers …
Posted in: Congress, Event, Guest Post, In the News, Law Library, Pic of the Week, THOMAS