Contains 14 essays originating from the United States Capitol Historical Society's 1993 Symposium commemorating the bicentennial of the laying of the cornerstone of the United States Capitol. The ess
The United States Capitol is a national cultural icon, and among the most visually recognized seats of government in the world. The past quarter century has witnessed an explosion of scholarly interes
At the age of thirty-six, in 1852, Lt. Montgomery Cunningham Meigs of the Army Corps of Engineers reported to Washington, D.C., for duty as a special assistant to the chief army engineer, Gen. Joseph
