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Here's what's happening at the U.S. Capitol Historical Society. Follow each link to press releases and notices on upcoming and past events, lectures and symposia, tour information and general Society-related news.
 

16 August 2010: Watering Holes of Washington: Capitol Hill History Pub Tour (House side)

1 April 2010: Coverage of How Women Are Changing the Senate (March 17 USCHS event)

17 March 2010: Online edition of USCHS newsletter published

16 March 2010: Spring Symposium Announced

20 January 2010: Winter Book Signing Series Announced

15 December 2009: Willard Scott shows off USCHS ornament

24 November 2009: Watering Holes of Washington: Capitol Hill History Pub Tour (Senate side)

18 November 2009: Society Honors House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

12 November 2009: Society Vice President Speaks at Launch of New Lincoln Penny

6 November 2009: 2009 Freedom Award Presented to Senate Historian Emeritus Richard A. Baker and Senator George McGovern

23 September 2009: Richard A. Baker, Ph.D., and the Honorable George McGovern to Receive the U.S. Capitol Historical Society's 2009 Freedom Award

2 September 2009: Lincoln Time Capsule Sealing Ceremony at Library of Congress

26 August 2009: Ford’s Theater Museum/Civil War Washington Preview Night [PDF]

19 August 2009: 2009 Leadership Reception

9 July 2009: August Brown Bag Lecture Series Scheduled

24 June 2009: United States Capitol Historical Society to Seal Lincoln Time Capsule

13 May 2009: New Members Reception Honors Legacy of Lincoln

5 May 2009: United States Capitol Historical Society Recognizes Freshmen Class of 111th Congress and Honors Bicentennial of Abraham Lincoln

26 March 2009: United States Capitol Historical Society Announces 2009 Annual Spring Symposium

18 March 2009: Book Signing Lecture with author Mark N. Ozer

8 December 2008: 2009 African American History Month Lecture Announced

8 December 2008: Uncle Sam's Architects: Interviews with George M. White and Alan M. Hantman 

2 December 2008: Capitol Visitor Center Opens Today

6 October 2008: USCHS Presents the 2008 Fall Program featuring, "Step By Step" and "The National Mall"

21 July 2008: USCHS traveling exhibit to visit Landmark Center in St. Paul, MN

17 July 2008: 2008 August Brown Bag - Books and Authors: A Series of Lectures and Booksignings

27 May 2008: 2008-2009 United States Capitol Historical Society Fellows

19 March 2008: New media posting: Video of the  2007 Asian Pacific American Public Service Youth Forum 

18 March 2008: Spring Symposium: "Crisis in the 1850s"

29 November 2007: The Staff Directors of the Committees of the U.S. Senate Dinner: The Honorable Howard Baker's Speech

8 October 2007: Representative Howard Berman's Congressional Record Tribute to the 45th Anniversary of the U.S. Capitol Historical Society

27 September 2007: Fall Symposium Program Details Announced

25 Aug 2007: The Seattle Times article about USCHS General Secretary Suzie Dicks

7 Aug 2007: The News Tribune article about USCHS General Secretary Suzie Dicks

6 Aug 2007: Under the Dome: The Work Behind the Scenes at the Capitol

1 Jun 2007: Society Announces 2007 Capitol Fellows

10 May 2007: Society Marks Asian Pacific American History Month

10 May 2007: Asian Pacific American History Month Lecture with Dr. Franklin Odo

27 Apr 2007: Spring Symposium: "Congress and Slavery in the District of Columbia"

22 Feb 2007: Annual African American History Month Lecture