Media type: miscellaneous-image Annotation: The United States Constitution ratified September 17, 1787. Year: 1787

Credit: Architect of the Capitol Media type: statue Museum Number: Annotation: The bronze Statue of Freedom by Thomas Crawford is the crowning feature of the dome of the United States Capitol. The statue is a classical female figure of Freedom wearing flowing draperies. Her right hand rests upon the hilt of a sheathed sword; her left holds a…

Credit: Architect of the Capitol Media type: statue Museum Number: Annotation: House of Representatives statue; Clio, the Muse of History, stands in a winged chariot representing the passage of time and records events as they occur. The car rests on a marble globe on which signs of the Zodiac are carved in relief. The chariot wheel is the…

Credit: Library Company of Philadelphia Media type: political cartoon Museum Number: Year: 1800

Credit: Library of Congress Media type: photograph Museum Number: HABS, ME, 8-ALNA Year: 1936

Credit: Massachusetts Historical Society Media type: painting Museum Number: Annotation: Boston, 1801 Year: 1801

Credit: Washington University Gallery of Art, St. Louis, MO. Media type: painting Museum Number: Year: 1851

Credit: Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum Media type: painting Museum Number: Year: 1790

Credit: Library of Congress Media type: painting Museum Number: LC-USZC2-52 Year: 1819

Credit: Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, Texas Media type: painting Museum Number: Year: 1853