The Art Collection

This statue of Patrick Anthony McCarran was given to the National Statuary Hall Collection by Nevada in 1960. He served in the U.S. Senate from 1932 until his death in 1954.

A Confederate soldier and a Union soldier shake hands, marking the reunion of the country after the devastation of the Civil War. A cotton plant and a northern pine tree symbolize the South and the North, respectively. This is the first of Allyn Cox's three scenes. (1865)

The white marble Peace Monument was erected in 1877-1878 to commemorate the naval deaths at sea during the Civil War.

The first Continental Congress met at Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where they agreed to suspend trade with Great Britain.

On July 4, 1776, delegates to the second Continental Congress issued the Declaration of Independence at Philadelphia's State House, now known as Independence Hall.

Following passage of the "Residence Act," which required the government to move to a new city on the Potomac River in 1800, Congress moved to Philadelphia for a 10-year stay at Congress Hall.

This statue of Philip Kearny was given to the National Statuary Hall Collection by New Jersey in 1888.

This statue of Philo T. Farnsworth was given to the National Statuary Hall Collection by Utah in 1990. Farnsworth is known as the "Father of Television."

Pierre Charles L'Enfant designed the new federal city, Washington, D.C.