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    The United States Capitol building features a central rotunda below the Capitol dome. Built between 1818 and 1824, the rotunda has been described as the...
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    with the initial designs drawn up for the United States Capitol by William Thornton, which called for a rotunda to be placed between the two wings of the...
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  • United States Capitol shooting occurred on July 24, 1998, when Russell Eugene Weston Jr. entered the Capitol and fatally shot United States Capitol Police...
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    for two days in the Capitol rotunda, the United States Air Force performed a flyover during the funeral procession to the Capitol, and flags were lowered...
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    The United States Capitol features a dome situated above its rotunda. The dome is 288 feet (88 m) in height and 96 feet (29 m) in diameter. Designed by...
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    On January 6, 2021, the United States Capitol Building in Washington, D.C. was attacked by a mob of supporters of then-U.S. president Donald Trump, two...
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    the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C.). The Pantheon in Rome is perhaps the most famous, and is the most influential rotunda. A band rotunda is...
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    The United States Capitol, often called the Capitol or the Capitol Building, is the seat of the United States Congress, the legislative branch of the...
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    is an empty burial chamber two stories directly below the Rotunda of the United States Capitol building in Washington, DC. It was included in the original...
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    his four paintings that hang in the United States Capitol rotunda, is used on the reverse of the current United States two-dollar bill. Trumbull was born...
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