East Of The Capitol is a photograph by Dawn Gari which was uploaded on March 9th, 2015.
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East Of The Capitol
Artist
Dawn Gari
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Photograph - Photography
Description
Looking East at the Capitol building.
The United States Capitol, atop Capitol Hill at the eastern end of the National Mall in Washington, D.C., is the seat of the United States Congress, the legislative branch of the U.S. federal government. Though not at the geographic center of the Federal District, the Capitol is the origin point at which the the District's four quadrants meet, and around which the city was laid out.
Like the principal buildings of the executive and judicial branches, the Capitol is built in a distinctive neoclassical style and has a white exterior. Though both its east and west elevations are formally referred to as fronts, only the east front was intended for the reception of visitors and dignitaries.
Congress first met in the Capitol Building on November 17, 1800.
No one is buried in the Capitol. A tomb area was created for George Washington's body, but Washington's will expressed his wish to be buried at Mount Vernon, and that is where he is buried.
The custom of flying the flags 24 hours a day over the east and west fronts was begun during World War I.
The top of the U.S. Capitol is 209 feet lower than the Washington Monument.
The U.S. Capitol Dome is made of 8,909,200 pounds of cast iron.
The Rotunda, used for inaugurations and distinguished individuals lying in state, is a circular room located on the second floor. It is 96 feet in diameter and rises 180 feet from the floor to the canopy.
That statue of King Kamehameha I was once the largest statue in the Statuary Hall Collection. It has since been moved to the Capitol Visitor Center. It is prominently displayed and is part of the lore, but the Hawaiian delegation had to approve its location because it's bad luck to step over him...so he couldn't be placed underground where people would walk above.
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March 9th, 2015
