The Capitol Dome

Winter 2013

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USCHS Board of Trustees Gary Abrecht Hon. Richard Baker, Ph.D. Ken Bowling, Ph.D. Hon. Richard Burr Donald G. Carlson Hon. E. Thomas Coleman L. Neale Cosby Scott Cosby Suzanne Dicks Nancy Dorn George C. "Bud" Garikes David Geanacopoulos Leslie Hayes Bruce Heiman Hon. Richard Holwill Mark Hopkins R. Bruce Josten Tim Keating Hon. Dirk Kempthorne Jennifer LaTourette Rob Lively Tamera Luzzatto Tim Lynch Norm Ornstein, Ph.D. Beverly L. Perry Hon. David E. Price David Regan Cokie Roberts Hon. Ron Sarasin Mark Shields Dontai Smalls Tina Tate Hon. Ellen O'Kane Tauscher James A. Thurber. Ph.D. Hon. Pat Tiberi Hon. John C. Tuck Hon. Tom Udall Deborah A. White Candida P Wolff . J. Dennis Molloy (counsel) The Capitol Dome is a quarterly publication of the U.S. Capitol Historical Society, 200 Maryland Ave., NE, Washington, DC 20002 P: (202) 543-8919 F: (202) 544-8244 Catalog Orders: (800) 887-9318 email: uschs@uschs.org on the web: www.uschs.org Chief Historian: Donald R. Kennon Editor: Lauren Borchard Designer: Cynthia Scudder Printer: HBP Whitmore All uncredited photos are courtesy of the U.S. Capitol Historical Society. For more information on our newest membership category, Capitol Alumni, visit www.uschs.org. Contents The U.S. Capitol Historical Society Reaches Fifty Part I: Fred Schwengel and the Founding of the United States Capitol Historical Society by Jeffrey Hearn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 Part II: Growth from 1962 to 2012 by Donald Kennon, Ph.D. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22 About the Authors Jeffrey Hearn is a Washington, D.C.-based historian and research consultant. A former research assistant of Fred Schwengel's at the U.S. Capitol Historical Society, he is currently working on a biography of Schwengel. Donald Kennon is chief historian and vice president for Scholarship and Education with the United States Capitol Historical Society. He joined the staff in 1981 as associate historian. He has served under all three of the society's presidents and he has witnessed three-fifths of the organization's history. Editor's Note This special edition of The Capitol Dome celebrates the U.S. Capitol Historical Society's fiftieth anniversary. The main article begins with an examination of the life of our founder, Rep. Fred Schwengel, and continues with a history of the Society from its founding through 2012. Our appreciation goes out to all those who have helped us fulfill our mission over the last fifty years: in short, educating the public about the history of the Capitol and Congress. Cover: Congressman Fred Schwengel, the founder of the United States Capitol Historical Society, leads a tour group through the Capitol rotunda, pausing at the marble bust of Abraham Lincoln by Gutzon Borglum. Schwengel's love of history and his involvement in commemorations of the life of Lincoln led to the founding of the society in 1962.

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