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"William Penn and the Indians" - William Penn is shown at center with the Delaware Indians at the time of the Treaty of Shackamaxon.  This treaty formalized the purchase of land in Pennsylvania and cemented an amicable relationship between the Quakers and the Indians for almost a hundred years.  Penn was the last figure on which Brumidi worked.
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HOUSE PASSES RESOLUTION ACKNOWLEDGING THE ROLE OF SLAVE LABOR IN U.S. CAPITOL COMPLEX CONSTRUCTION

HOUSE ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE ADVANCES LEGISLATION EXPANDING VOTER ACCESS

Brady Remarks Commemorating CVC's One Millionth Visitor

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2009 SUMMER INTERN LECTURE SERIES
 

The Committee on House Administration is proud to announce the return of the annual Intern Lecture Series, featuring some of the nation’s most influential and captivating law makers, media personalities, and public policy professionals.  

Week of July 13 Schedule

 

 

 HOUSE PASSES RESOLUTION ACKNOWLEDGINGTHE ROLE OF SLAVE LABOR IN U.S. CAPITOL COMPLEX CONSTRUCTION

 

 Washington, DC (July 8, 2009): House Administration Committee Chairman Bob Brady praised the passage of a concurrent resolution commemorating the role of slave labor in the original construction of the United States Capitol.  The resolution,  sponsored by Congressman John Lewis of Georgia, directs the Architect of the Capitol to place a permanent marker in the Capitol Visitor Center’s Emancipation Hall, acknowledging the contributions of enslaved African-Americans who provided the labor essential to the construction of the United States Capitol.

   

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