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Chief Standing Bear of the Ponca Tribe won an important civil rights victory for Native Americans in the 19th century. Today, he is one of Nebraska's statues in the National Statuary Hall Collection. Join our team for a look at Chief Standing Bear's life and legacy.

Chief Washakie was a warrior, a peacemaker, a Congressional Medal of Honor recipient, and is one of Wyoming's statues in the National Statuary Hall Collection. Join us to learn more about this icon of the West.

Colorado honored Apollo 13 astronaut Jack Swigert with a statue in 1997. Join us for a discussion about his life, career and explorations beyond Earth.

Sir Walter Raleigh is carved in relief in the Rotunda. Learn more about this early explorer of America.

Artist Allyn Cox decorated the House corridors with scenes of American history. The AOC Curator joins us to discuss Cox's depictions of Westward Expansion.

In 1803, the Senate ratified the Louisiana Purchase Treaty with France. Learn more about the Louisiana Purchase that doubled the area of the United States.

German American immigrant Albert Bierstadt depicted Westward Expansion in paintings commissioned for the Capitol. Join us to learn more about this artist and his vision.

On October 18, 1931, inventor Thomas Edison died at his home in West Orange, New Jersey, and in 2016, Ohio sent a statue of him to the National Statuary Hall Collection. Learn about the life and legacy of Edison, an explorer of new technologies that changed the world.

In 1870, Rhode Island gave a statue of Nathanael Greene to the National Statuary Hall Collection. Join us to discuss the life and legacy of this Revolutionary War hero, the first statue in the collection.

Native Americans are honored in many statues in the National Statuary Hall Collection. Learn more about their stories and legacies in this program.