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Join the Psi Nu Chapter of The Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. as we conduct our annual Achievement Week activities.
11/10/2021

Join the Psi Nu Chapter of The Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. as we conduct our annual Achievement Week activities.

Acacia Building, Washington DC
04/29/2021

Acacia Building, Washington DC

Completed in the spring of 1933, the Longworth House Office Building is the second of three office buildings constructed...
04/26/2021

Completed in the spring of 1933, the Longworth House Office Building is the second of three office buildings constructed for the U.S. House of Representatives.

Because of its position on a sloping site, the rusticated base of the Longworth Building varies in height from two to four stories. Above this granite base stand the three principal floors, which are faced with white marble. Ionic columns supporting a well-proportioned entablature are used for the building's five porticoes, the principal one of which is topped by a pediment. Two additional stories are partially hidden by a marble balustrade.

James Madison Memorial BuildingIn 1957, Librarian of Congress L. Quincy Mumford initiated studies for a third Library bu...
04/24/2021

James Madison Memorial Building

In 1957, Librarian of Congress L. Quincy Mumford initiated studies for a third Library building. Congress appropriated planning funds for that structure, today's James Madison Memorial Building, in 1960, and construction was approved by an act of Congress on October 19, 1965 that authorized an appropriation of $75 million. Excavation and foundation work began in June 1971, and work on the superstructure was completed in 1976. The cornerstone, inscribed with the date 1974, was laid on March 8, 1974. Dedication ceremonies were held on April 24, 1980, and the building actually opened on May 28, 1980.

The Hubert H. Humphrey Building is a low-rise Brutalist government office building designed by preeminent architect Marc...
04/22/2021

The Hubert H. Humphrey Building is a low-rise Brutalist government office building designed by preeminent architect Marcel Breuer and located at the foot of Capitol Hill. In 1976, upon its completion, it became the headquarters of the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. After the department’s education component separated to become part of the U.S. Department of Education in 1979, the newly renamed U.S. Department of Health and Human Services continued to occupy the structure.
Originally known as the South Portal Building, the building was renamed in honor of former Vice President and U.S. Senator Hubert H. Humphrey on November 1, 1977.

In 1930, Secretary of the Treasury, Andrew Mellon selected New York Architect John Russell Pope to design the National A...
04/21/2021

In 1930, Secretary of the Treasury, Andrew Mellon selected New York Architect John Russell Pope to design the National Archives Building. Pope suggested moving the building to the land the Justice Department was slated to occupy—the block bounded by 7th and 9th Streets and B Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, NW—the current site of the National Archives Building. This was symbolic in that the building would be halfway between the White House and Capitol, and the new Archives would hold records from those institutions. The Justice Department building was then moved to its current location between 9th and 10th Streets, NW.

"The desire to create is one of the deepest yearnings of the human soul." -- Dieter F. Uchtdorf
03/30/2021

"The desire to create is one of the deepest yearnings of the human soul." -- Dieter F. Uchtdorf

It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see.― Henry David Thoreau
03/25/2021

It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see.
― Henry David Thoreau

“Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.”— Pablo Picasso
03/24/2021

“Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.”
— Pablo Picasso

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