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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.

North Dakota honored Sakakawea with a statue in the National Statuary Hall Collection. Join us to learn more about the statue and the life of Sakakawea.

Artist of the Capitol Constantino Brumidi painted scenes of the American West in the Senate corridors. Join us for a discussion about these landscapes.

Learn about the Barbary Wars and how Congress acted to protect American interests on the high seas.

This program delves into the chartering of the Second Bank of the United States by Congress and how President Andrew Jackson’s opposition elevated the importance of the presidential veto.

Join us for a discussion about the last day of the Constitutional Convention and learn what happened before the delegates left Philadelphia with ratification uncertain.

This program focuses on the life and legacy of Dennis Chavez, the first Hispanic American to serve in Congress, his career in the Senate and his statue in the National Statuary Hall collection from New Mexico.

This is an encore presentation of a Capitol Conversation from Constitution Week 2021. This program details the history of the Supreme Court in the Old Supreme Court Chamber of the Capitol.