Two senators who opposed the bill heard the noise as they walked down the steps of the capitol building.

VOA: special.2009.04.30

Hector Davis owned a two-story slave auction house and jail on 14th and Franklin Streets, just two blocks down the hill from Thomas Jefferson's glorious capitol building of the State of Virginia.

赫克托·戴维斯,在第十四和富兰克林大街,拥有一栋两层的奴隶拍卖行及监狱,仅仅距离托马斯·杰斐逊,那雄伟的弗吉尼亚州议会大厦,向山下两个街区远

耶鲁公开课 - 美国内战与重建课程节选

The goal is to enrich the experience of the more than two million people who visit the Capitol every year.

VOA: special.2010.01.27

They were really built in as part of the architecture in each of the different construction stages of the Capitol."

VOA: special.2010.01.27

President Washington and Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson selected a later version of Mister Thornton's design for the Capitol.

VOA: special.2010.01.27

A few months earlier, the government of President George Washington had started a contest for the best design for the Capitol.

VOA: special.2010.01.27

"Standing on the steps of the Capitol will be a man whose story reflects the enduring promise of our land.

VOA: special.2009.01.17

He is most famous for designing central park in New York City and the grounds around the capitol building in Washington,D.C.

VOA: special.2009.11.16

Governor Jay Nixon has agreed to shut off the lights in the dome of the state capitol building.

VOA: special.2010.03.22

We met up with them at the United States Botanic Garden on the grounds of the Capitol building.

VOA: special.2010.12.20

She was ninety-two years old. Her body lay in honor in the United States Capitol building in Washington.

VOA: special.2009.03.08

Outside,crowds lined the street to cheer Wilson as he returned to the White House from the Capitol Building.

VOA: special.2010.10.14

She is watching over the Capitol building as it continues to represent America's history, government and people.

VOA: special.2010.01.27

Inaugurations are held at the United States Capitol - the legislative building with the big white dome.

VOA: special.2009.01.19

In 1829, Andrew Jackson had the first one held on the completed east front of the Capitol.

VOA: special.2009.01.19

Standing in front of the Capitol, Barack Obama became the first African-American president of the United States.

VOA: special.2009.01.24

After all,the Confederate secretary of war had declared that the Confederate flag would fly over the Capitol building before the first of May.

VOA: special.2009.08.20

The United States Capitol in Washington,D.C., is one of the most recognized buildings in the world.

VOA: special.2010.01.27

Then he will join the new president and their families for a luncheon inside the Capitol.

VOA: special.2009.01.19

Mister Thornton was working to complete drawings for the design of the United States Capitol.

VOA: special.2010.01.27

"The Capitol,from the very beginning, the architects envisioned art sculpture for it, paintings for it.

VOA: special.2010.01.27

This large circular room inside the Capitol's tall white dome measures over fifty-four meters high.

VOA: special.2010.01.27

After his swearing-in, the president joined members of Congress for a luncheon in the Capitol.

VOA: special.2009.01.24

Mister Obama announced his candidacy for president of the United States on Abraham Lincoln's birthday in front of the Old State Capitol Building in Springfield,Illinois.

VOA: special.2009.07.24

Chief Justice Roger Taney read the decision in the small courtroom in the Capitol building.

VOA: special.2009.05.14

The others are the Treasury Building, the White House,the Capitol building and Independence Hall.

VOA: special.2010.11.12

Clay had to rest several times as he climbed the steps of the capitol.

VOA: special.2009.03.19

Every year in June, Hawaiians come to the Capitol to honor this ancient ruler.

VOA: special.2010.01.27

Some senators said there had not been such a crowd in the capitol building since the day Clay said goodbye to the Senate eight years earlier.

VOA: special.2009.03.19

He gave the speech outside, on the front steps of the Capitol building.

VOA: special.2009.01.29