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Title: Book of the Royal blue
Year: 1897 (1890s)
Authors: Baltimore and Ohio railroad company. (from old catalog)
Subjects: Middle Atlantic States -- Description and travel
Publisher: Baltimore
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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g grounds of God,But the memory of their gallant deeds, it never,never fades,■ And we never will forget the boys who madethe old Brigades. THE OLD HALL OF FAME IN THE UNITED STATES CAPITOL. Some of the most notable statues of illustrious statesmen and soldiers in the memorial circle. mHE past comes vividly before one inthe old Hall of Representatives, asemiciriiular chamber in the sand-stone part of the United StatesCapitol. Generally it is now called StatuaryHall, for by a resolution of Congress, intro-duced by Justin D. Morrill, of Vermont,and passed July 2, ISCl, the president wasauthorized to invite each State to contribute and continued its sessions there till Sep-tember IG, 1857, when the present cham-ber in the south wing was taken possessionof by the House of Representatives. Thedrapery, furniture, desks and chairs of themembers, and sofas, were removed andthe wooden Hoor was relaid with tiling.The floor of this chamber used to be fourfeet lower than it is at present and was
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FFl ro RIQHa for the adornment of the old hall, twostatues of deceased citizens of the Stateworthy of commemoration for their historicrenown or for their civil or military services.As the accompanying photographs show,the hall is circled with marble and bronzeeffigies of great men dead. What is now Statuary Hall was occupiedby the House of Representatives from 1807to 1814, the year of the ruin of the Capitolby the British invaders. After the restora-tion of the building, two or three yearslater, the House reconvened in this hall lower than the floor of the old senatechamber, now occupied by the UnitedStates Supreme Court. It is believed thatfrom this fact originated the habit of callingthe House of Representatives the lowerhouse. Everybody knows that the twobranches of Congress are co-ordinate andthat neither is higher or lower than theother, but the phrase upper and lowerhouse persists. dickens first visit.The House met in this chamber whenDickens made his first visit to the United T

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