Inc. All Rights Reserved. In its physical presence, the Capitol symbolizes our national political life. In this magnificent building, one senses the history of the nation.
Paintings depict historical events.
Visitors listen to whispers at the location of John Quincy Adams desk in the Old House Chamber, now National Statuary Hall. Busts of the vice presidents, who served as presidents of the Senate, line the Senate chamber and corridors. Presidents are inaugurated at the Capitol, and they deliver their State of the Union addresses in the House chamber. When one walks the Capitol corridors, one feels the presence of presidents, of renowned and nearly forgotten members of Congress, and of millions of visitors. It is in the Capitol Rotunda that a few Americans have lain in state.