Today in History: September 18: The U.S. Capitol figures strongly in our history today. What we see today in Congress is probably not at all what the founding fathers envisioned. Being not only the symbol of Democracy, but also the actual building and location where Democracy happens, the Capitol Building probably never actually rose to its promise of seeking freedom and justice for all. However, it is still there, and there are still Congress men and women who still work there, some to make progress, and many just for political purposes.
Today is a good day to remind ourselves of the original aspirations of founding fathers whose visions for this new country were set in stone.
In 1793, President George Washington laid the cornerstone of the U.S. Capitol; In 1850, Congress passed the Fugitive Slave Act; In 1947, the National Security Act went into effect. In 2020, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died and lay in state at the Capitol.