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Almanac: The U.S. Capitol building opens
On November 17, 1800, the United States Congress met for the very first time in the as-yet-unfinished Capitol building in Washington, D.C. President George Washington had laid the cornerstone in 1793, launching a years-long construction project that employed many enslaved laborers. Completed in 1826, the original Capitol soon proved too […]
