Civil Rights Marcher
Pictured is one of the thousands of marchers who participated in the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom on August 28, 1963, in Washington, DC. As part of the...
Completed! At last!
This 1884 photograph of the Washington Monument details the scaffolding needed during the placement of the aluminum capstone at the top. The monument was completed on...
Construction site
Lewis Emory Walkers photographs of the building of the Treasury Building in Washington, DC are some of the earliest photographs in the holdings of the National...
Defending Washington
The threat of an attack on Washington, DC, during World War II, forced Lt. Col. C.L. Adcock to prepare to conduct rescue work at the White House. Adcock suggested...
Demanding what’s due
Members of the “Bonus Army” fight with police in 1932. The group, made up of thousands of World War I veterans, came to Washington to demonstrate for immediate...
Democratic National Committee burgled
On page fifty-one from the Watergate guard force logbook, Frank Wills, a guard, recorded the events of the break-in.
Erecting the Capitol dome
Although President George Washington laid the cornerstone of the U.S. Capitol in 1793, construction of current dome did not begin until 1856. The dome, which replaced...