{"id":28,"date":"2013-06-24T15:05:25","date_gmt":"2013-06-24T19:05:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thingstodoindcthisweekend.org\/?p=28"},"modified":"2017-01-08T09:31:13","modified_gmt":"2017-01-08T14:31:13","slug":"visit-united-states-capitol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/funthingstodoin.us\/washington-dc\/visit-united-states-capitol\/","title":{"rendered":"Visit United States Capitol"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thingstodoindcthisweekend.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/United-States-Capitol-150x147.jpg\" alt=\"United States Capitol\" width=\"150\" height=\"147\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-30\" \/><strong>United States Capitol<\/strong> &#8211; Government in Washington, D.C., United States of America<br \/>\n#28 of 100 things to do in Washington DC <\/p>\n<p>The United States Capitol is the meeting place of the U.S. Congress, the legislature of the U.S. federal government. Located in Washington, D.C., it sits atop Capitol Hill at the eastern end of the National Mall. <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Capitol\" target=\"_blank\">Wikipedia<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Construction started: 1793<br \/>\nHeight: 289&#8242; (88 m)<br \/>\nAddress: East Capitol St NE &#038; First St, Washington, DC 20004<br \/>\nPhone: (202) 226-8000<br \/>\nArchitectural style: Neoclassical architecture<br \/>\nFunction: Government<br \/>\nArchitects: Benjamin Latrobe, Charles Bulfinch, William Thornton<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thingstodoindcthisweekend.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/United-States-Capitol-map-150x147.png\" alt=\"United States Capitol map\" width=\"150\" height=\"147\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-32\" \/>The Capitol Visitor Center is open to visitors from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday except for Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, New Year&#8217;s Day and Inauguration Day. Tours of the U.S. Capitol are conducted from 8:50 a.m. to 3:20 p.m., Monday through Saturday. Visitors with official business appointments may enter the Visitor Center as early as 7:15 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>Book a Tour: Tours of the U.S. Capitol are free, but tour passes are required. The Capitol Visitor Center, the new main entrance to the U.S. Capitol, is located beneath the East Front plaza of the U.S. Capitol at First Street and East Capitol Street.<\/p>\n<p>Backpack Warning: Do not bring large daypacks, backpacks or luggage into the Capitol. Any bag larger than 14&#8243; wide x 13&#8243; high x 4&#8243; deep is prohibited. Other restrictions include cans and bottles, full or empty.<\/p>\n<p>Watch this short student orientation video before you visit the U.S. Capitol:<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hZl7IR70pEM?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>website: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.visitthecapitol.gov\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.visitthecapitol.gov<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The US Capitol has great architecture. To see much of the inside you have to take a tour. There is a small exhibit about the history of the Capitol without a tour.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":30,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-government-buildings"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/funthingstodoin.us\/washington-dc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/funthingstodoin.us\/washington-dc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/funthingstodoin.us\/washington-dc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/funthingstodoin.us\/washington-dc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/funthingstodoin.us\/washington-dc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/funthingstodoin.us\/washington-dc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/funthingstodoin.us\/washington-dc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/funthingstodoin.us\/washington-dc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/funthingstodoin.us\/washington-dc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/funthingstodoin.us\/washington-dc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}