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guished Professor of Law and Public Policy at Albany Law School, directs the series. Ohio University Press publishes the volumes of essays that result from the conferences in each of these series. A complete listing of the annual symposia can be found at www.uschs.org. TRAVELING EXHIBITS THE SOCIETY'S OBSERVANCE of the 2000 Bicentennial of Congress moving into the Capitol in Washington, D.C., provided the opportunity for the production of the organization's first traveling exhibit, "Where Freedom Speaks: 200 Years of the United States Capitol." Curated by Pamela Scott, a leading authority on Washington, D.C. architecture, the exhibit consisted of six large 8x10 foot portable panels that tell the story of the creation, construction, expansion, and architectural and artistic meaning of the Capitol throughout its two centuries of existence. The exhibit debuted on April 24, 2000 in the rotunda of the Russell Senate Office Building and over the next several years traveled to state capitols, universities, libraries, and schools across the nation. An online version of the exhibit was also posted on the Society's website. In 2005, the Society worked with Barbara Wolanin, curator for the Architect of the Capitol and an authority on Capitol artist Constantino Brumidi, to create an exhibit for the bicentennial of the artist's birth. The exhibit was displayed in the rotundas of the Russell Senate Office Building and the Cannon House Office The portrait of House Commerce Committee Chairman Thomas J. Bliley is one of many such portraits donated to Congress through the U.S. Capitol Historical Society. Building as well as at the City Museum of Washington, D.C. The following year, the Society produced a twelve-panel traveling exhibit, "From Freedom's Shadow: African Americans and the United States Capitol," that chronicled the role of African Americans from slave labor in the construction of the Capitol through representation in Congress and the creation of the Congressional Black Caucus. The exhibit opened February 2006 in Baltimore, Maryland at the Reginald F Lewis Museum of Maryland . African American History and Culture. Two sets of the portable exhibit were fabricated, and they continue to be exhibited across the nation in schools, libraries, and other public buildings. The Society's most recent exhibit was a collaborative effort with the German American Heritage Museum to produce "Helping Shape America: German Americans in the United States Congress from 1789 to the Present." The exhibit Speakers at the 1996 symposium on Congress in the 1790s included, (front row, left to right) Joanne B. Freeman, Charlene Bangs Bickford, (back row, left to right) Jack Warren, Wythe Holt, William R. Casto, Kenneth R. Bowling, and John Ferling. Panelists at the 2009 symposium, "Lincoln's Washington: Abraham Lincoln in Congress and the Presidency," listen intently to a question from the audience. Seen here (from left to right) are participants Daniel W. Stowell, Brooks Simpson, Jean Baker, and Symposium Director Paul Finkelman.