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Official account of History, Art & Archives of the U.S. House of Representatives: history.house.gov. Specific inquiries: [email protected]. https://bit.ly/HAAComment
By early 1933, the scales of Prohibition had started to tip—toward tippling. The 21st Amendment was ratified #OTD 1933. #RepealDay #HistoryBlog https://history.house.gov/Blog/2016/October/10-11-photo-prohibition/

December 5, 2025 at 1:15 PM
It's getting #cold outside, but warm in the House. Reps Dyer, Zihlman & McLeod bask in the glow of "sunlights" in 1929.
#HouseCollection https://history.house.gov/Collection/Detail/25769821832
December 3, 2025 at 1:15 PM
A look at the #CapitolChristmasTree in years past, 1964 and 1974. #HappyHolidays
December 2, 2025 at 10:30 PM
#HappyBirthday to the 1st African-American #WomenInCongress, Shirley Chisholm of #NY. https://history.house.gov/People/Detail/10918
December 1, 2025 at 1:30 AM
This is your reminder to get your holiday cards mailed! #HouseCollection https://history.house.gov/Collection/Listing/2004/2004-086-001/
November 29, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Like #BlackFriday in the US Capitol Rotunda back in 1875. #HouseCollection
November 28, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Best of luck with those #Thanksgiving leftovers! Might we suggest a carb-laden contest? #HistoryBlog https://history.house.gov/Blog/2015/November/11-16-photo-potato/
November 28, 2025 at 1:15 PM
November 27, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Tense #TurkeyDay 1937 in the House. (Luckily it ended in football.) #HistoryBlog 📷: @LibraryCongress https://history.house.gov/Blog/2014/November/11-26-Thanksgiving/
November 27, 2025 at 1:15 PM
November 27, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Four former House staffers with more than 150 collective years of experience bring the #Thanksgiving spirit to the Hill in these #oralhistory videos. #HistoryBlog https://history.house.gov/Blog/2024/November/11-26-Thanks-OralHistory/
November 26, 2025 at 5:30 PM
#OTD 1917, the Old-Time Printers' Assn. of Chicago wrote in support of Prohibition, asking Congress to, "remove the blighting curse of the liquor traffic, root and branch, from American Life." #RecordsSearch #HouseRecords https://history.house.gov/HouseRecord/Detail/15032448822
November 26, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Need a lesson on carving your turkey? Speaker Bankhead has some tips. And fashion suggestions as well. Speaker William Bankhead carefully carved a 25-pound turkey for a staff luncheon in the Capitol in 1938. #Thanksgiving https://history.house.gov/Collection/Listing/PA2011/PA2011-08-0064f/
November 25, 2025 at 5:52 PM
You know what sounds good right about now? Perfect sledding @USCapitol #OTD in 1938. #HouseCollection https://history.house.gov/Collection/Listing/PA2015/PA2015-01-0052/
November 25, 2025 at 1:15 PM
"The only thing you could hear was people crying." #JFK's funeral remembered in #oralhistory. #HistoryBlog https://history.house.gov/Blog/2014/November/11-21-Kennedy/
November 24, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Prepping sides for #Thanksgiving? Try a recipe from a 1920s Congressional Cookbook in the #HouseCollection. https://history.house.gov/Collection/Detail/15032440084
November 22, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Welcome to the Capitol Christmas Tree!

On December 24, 1913, thousands of people flocked to the U.S. Capitol to celebrate Washington’s first “community Christmas.” https://history.house.gov/HistoricalHighlight/Detail/37010

📷: Library of Congress
November 21, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Ten unpopular trumpets in the House #OTD in 1922. What did it take to be heard in the House of Representatives? Getting from “wait, what?” to “loud and clear” required three tries, ten trumpets, and a flying coffin. #HistoryBlog https://history.house.gov/Blog/2016/April/04_18_Art_Post/
November 20, 2025 at 1:15 PM
November 19, 2025 at 1:15 PM
You can now download images from Collections Search! Currently, more than 750 historical objects from the #HouseCollection have hi-res downloadable images. Find them all here & check back as we continue to add more. https://bit.ly/DownloadHouseCollection
November 18, 2025 at 7:30 PM
November 16, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Rep. J. J. Pickle had a unique campaign button for his elections. #PickleDay https://history.house.gov/Collection/Detail/15032392002
November 14, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Integrate historic images, documents, or oral histories into your lessons using our tools (like this one for photographs). Visit our Tools for Teaching with Primary Sources page for more. #TeachingWithPrimarySourceshttps://history.house.gov/Education/Primary-Sources/Primary-Source-Analysis/
November 13, 2025 at 6:36 PM
September 30, 2025 at 4:30 PM
He played pro baseball and danced the Charleston on the Cannon steps. Rep Thomas McMillan of #SC died #OTD 1939. https://history.house.gov/HistoricalHighlight/Detail/35705?ret=True
September 29, 2025 at 12:15 PM