Star Spangled Banner Yet Wave

Looking thru the Flags at the Washington Memorial towards the Capital building.... more

by Tom Gari Gallery-Three-Photography

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Star Spangled Banner Yet Wave

Artist

Tom Gari Gallery-Three-Photography

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Photograph - Photography

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Looking thru the Flags at the Washington Memorial towards the Capital building.

The Capitol was built after Thomas Jefferson held a design competition to elicit entries from some of the finest architects in America.

The Capitol has its own subway.

George Washington himself laid the cornerstone for the Capitol on September 18, 1793, and, as Dan Brown said, it was a Masonic ceremony.

At one point, there were plans for the first president to be buried under the Capitol building in an area called the Crypt.

There used to be a law in place that restricted any building in D.C. from being built taller than the Captiol. It could be equal to the Capitol in height, but no higher than.

The statue that sits atop the dome is called the Statue of Freedom.

If you've ever thought that the Capitol seems to be backward, you're not alone.Many people have wondered why the building faces away from the Mall instead of toward it, like most other important buildings and monuments. The reason, according to the Capitol website, is that the east side of the Capitol is the only one with level ground for a proper entrance, so the Capitol and the statue on top face east toward the people who are entering it.

The Architects of the Capitol oversee the maintenance, operation and preservation of all of the Capitol buildings and grounds

The Capitol didn't fare too well during the War of 1812 and nearly burned to the ground

The famous dome we know today wasn't added to the building until the 1850s

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February 22nd, 2015