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Doctor, state senator, suffragist: Utah’s statue of Martha Hughes Cannon heads to D.C.
Utah News Dispatch via Yahoo News· 22 hours agoThe statue of Dr. Martha Hughes Cannon — a famed leader in the women’s suffrage movement and the...
Statue of Harry Truman unveiled in U.S. Capitol Rotunda
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoFormer President Harry S. Truman was remembered by Democratic and Republican leaders as one of the...
Arizona lawmakers want a Sandra Day O'Connor statue in U.S. Capitol. Who would she replace?
AZCentral | The Arizona Republic via Yahoo News· 4 months agoSandra Day O'Connor should be memorialized in the U.S. Capitol's Statuary Hall, according to a...
Statue of trailblazing educator and civil rights activist Bethune unveiled in U.S. Capitol
Daytona Beach News-Journal via Yahoo News· 2 years agoWASHINGTON, D.C. — On a July day in 1875, Mary McLeod Bethune came into the world in a small log...
Long-awaited statue of Amelia Earhart, Kansas-born aviation hero, unveiled at U.S. Capitol
Kansas City Star McClatchy Articles via AOL· 2 years agoThe bronze statue — cast by George and Mark Lundeen — shows Earhart wearing trousers, a pilot’s...
What the capitol building looks like in every state
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 9 months agoOregon's state capitol building in Salem.Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images Every US state has a capitol building that houses its...
History-making statue of Mary Bethune now stands tall for Florida in U.S. Capitol
Miami Herald via AOL· 2 years agoAn 11-foot marble likeness of civil-rights leader and educator Mary McLeod Bethune was unveiled...
How Amelia Earhart Just Turned Up in the Halls of Congress
The Daily Beast via Yahoo News· 2 years agoNathan Howard/GettyHere’s the rule: Each state gets two statues in the U.S. Capitol Building. They...
Father Junipero Serra is toxic in California, and his D.C. statue is on borrowed time | Opinion
Sacramento Bee via Yahoo News· 1 year agoWithin the ornate majesty of the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C., is a Statuary Hall that...
The Damage to the U.S. Capitol Continues Two Years Later
The Advocate via Yahoo News· 1 year agoRight-wing extremists are still holding democracy and the U.S. Capitol building hostage, but the...