A Washington Post investigation of more than 400 artworks in the U.S. Capitol building found that one-third honor enslavers or Confederates.

The Washington Post has apparently just discovered that many of our nation's founders and leading historical figures were slaveholders (or, using their new vocabulary, "enslavers").

“Gov. (Huey P.) Long wanted the capitol building to tell the history of Louisiana through its art. In essence, he got exactly that,” says LPB’s senior producer, Dorothy Kendrick.

Lightning flashed over the Missouri Capitol on Oct. 6, 1924, just 13 years after the building burned to the ground following a powerful lightning strike.

Using a pencil-size tool, Megan Smith spent countless hours cutting glass for a stained glass skylight destined for the ceiling of the Senate chamber in the Illinois State Capitol building.

The building's art reflects the images Missouri projected of itself in the period between 1915 and 1924. Capitol art captures views of Missouri a century ago | | news-journal.com Skip to main content ...