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The 2026 National History Day theme is Revolution, Reaction, Reform in History. To help students prepare contest entries, the Office of the Historian has prepared several collections using material from across this website.
https://history.house.gov/NHD/
September 30, 2025 at 4:30 PM
He played pro baseball and danced the Charleston on the Cannon steps. Rep Thomas McMillan of #SC died #OTD 1939. https://history.house.gov/HistoricalHighlight/Detail/35705?ret=True
September 29, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Rep Patsy Mink of #HI, the first woman of color elected to Congress, died #OTD 2002. #WomeninCongress https://history.house.gov/HistoricalHighlight/Detail/15032398307
September 29, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Rep Eben Martin of #SD asked Speaker Joe Cannon for a "lesser" committee assignment #OTD 1905. #RecordsSearch #HouseRecords https://history.house.gov/HouseRecord/Detail/15032436124
September 28, 2025 at 8:00 PM
#OTD 1962, the House unveiled a portrait of Banking Committee Chairman Brent Spence of #KY. #HouseCollection https://history.house.gov/HistoricalHighlight/Detail/15032398476
September 27, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Planning your National History Day project? Learn all about the materials available in our latest #HistoryBlog. https://history.house.gov/Blog/2025/September/9-25-NHD/
September 26, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Taken from the Goodyear Blimp, this photograph showed the Capitol and House office buildings, in September 1941. #HouseCollection https://history.house.gov/Collection/Detail/15032450563
September 26, 2025 at 12:15 PM
#OTD 1789, the First Congress sent 12 Constitutional amendments to the states for ratification. 10 of them became the #BillofRights, but one took +200 years to be ratified. The 27th Amendment wasn't approved until 1992. https://history.house.gov/HistoricalHighlight/Detail/35665?ret=True
September 25, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Robert Smalls of #SC: Real life AND Comic Book Superhero. #ComicBookDay https://history.house.gov/Blog/2021/February/2-26-goldenlegacy/
September 25, 2025 at 12:15 PM
The 2026 National History Day theme is Revolution, Reaction, Reform in History. To help students prepare contest entries, the Office of the Historian has prepared several collections using material from across this website.
https://history.house.gov/NHD/
September 24, 2025 at 8:47 PM
#OTD 1917 the House created a Committee on Woman Suffrage. This petition urged its creation. #RecordsSearch #HouseRecords https://history.house.gov/HouseRecord/Detail/15032436242
September 24, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Speaker Foley's dog Alice roamed the halls of the House in 1989. #HouseCollection #DogsInPolitics https://history.house.gov/Collection/Detail/29286
September 23, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Happy First Day of Fall from History, Art & Archives! #AutumnEquinox
September 22, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Kika de la Garza, born #OTD in 1927 in South Texas, bringing corn and cows to his #HouseCollection portrait. #HispanicHeritageMonth https://history.house.gov/Collection/Detail/30024
September 22, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Peruvian President Manuel Prado spoke before a Joint Meeting of Congress #OTD in 1961. #HouseCollection https://history.house.gov/Collection/Detail/30675
September 22, 2025 at 12:30 AM
September 20, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Arrr! Here be a privateer who helped craft the modern American flag! #TalkLikeAPirateDay #HistoryBlog 📷: @USNHistory https://history.house.gov/Blog/2014/September/9-16-Hoist-the-Colors/
September 19, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Two Parrotts served in the House and they were both "landlubbers." #TalkLikeAPirateDay https://bit.ly/HouseParrotts
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September 19, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Congressional #pickleball on the National Mall tonight? Back to their roots: playing a sport invented by an athletic Representative from Washington, Joel Pritchard. https://history.house.gov/HistoricalHighlight/Detail/36507223347
September 18, 2025 at 9:05 PM
September 18, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Meet the 167 #Hispanic Members of Congress since 1822. #HispanicHeritageMonth

Conozca los 167 Miembros del Congreso Hispanos desde el año 1822.

📷: @USNatArchives https://history.house.gov/People/Search?filter=11
September 18, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Happy #ConstitutionDay! This House Record honors its 150th birthday in 1939. https://history.house.gov/HouseRecord/Detail/15032436213
September 17, 2025 at 6:30 PM