February

 Friday, February 3, 2012, Noon
African American Month History Lecture
by Owen Muelder, Director of the Underground Railroad Freedom Center at Knox College 
"Owen Lovejoy: Congressman, Abolitionist, and Underground Railroad Operator"
Room 2168, Rayburn House Office Building (Independence Ave. & South Capitol St. SW)
FREE AND OPEN TO ALL.
Pre-registration recommended. Email information to uschs@uschs.org or call and leave a message: (202) 543-8919 x38.


Wednesday, February 8, 2012
12th Annual Volunteer Reception
Featured speaker: Ms Farar Elliott, Curator and Chief,
Office of Art and Archives, U.S. House of Representatives 
For Society volunteers; by invitation only.
RSVP to (202) 543-8919 x19 or rsvp@uschs.org.


 Wednesday, February 15, 2012, Noon
African American Month History Lecture
by Phillip W. Magness, George Mason University, with remarks by Matthew Wasniewski, House Historian
"Emancipation, Emigration, and Revolt: John Willis Menard, the American Civil War,
and the Jamaican Uprising of 1865"
Room 121, Cannon House Office Building (Independence Ave. & 1st St. SE)
FREE AND OPEN TO ALL.
Pre-registration recommended. Email information to uschs@uschs.org or call and leave a message: (202) 543-8919 x38. 

March

Tuesday, March 20, 2012, Noon
Book Talk and Signing
Guy Gugliotta, Freedom's Cap: The United States Capitol and the Coming of the Civil War
Ketchum Hall, Veterans of Foreign Wars Building
200 Maryland Ave., NE; Washington, DC 20002 (Union Station or Capitol South metro)
FREE AND OPEN TO ALL.
Pre-registration recommended. Email information to uschs@uschs.org or call and leave a message: (202) 543-8919 x38. 


Thursday, March 22, 2012, Noon
Book Talk and Discussion
Joseph T. Wilkins, author of The Speaker Who Locked up the House in a Fight Against White Supremacy: A Novel of 1890
Ketchum Hall, Veterans of Foreign Wars Building
200 Maryland Ave., NE; Washington, DC 20002 (Union Station or Capitol South metro)
FREE AND OPEN TO ALL.
Pre-registration recommended. Email information to uschs@uschs.org or call and leave a message: (202) 543-8919 x38. 

 May

 Friday, May 4, 2012
Annual Spring Symposium: "Creating an Army to Preserve the Nation"
Ninth in the series The National Capital in a Nation Divided: Congress and the District of Columbia Confront Sectionalism and Slavery
Time and location to be announced.

March through November
Walking Tours of the Capitol Exterior
Mondays at 10 am
Approximately two hours
Starting at Union Station Metro exit
$10.00 per person
For more infomation, click here.

 USCHS Closings
February 20 (Washington's Birthday (Presidents Day) observed)