A Tribute to the Capitol Building

A symbol of “grandeur, simplicity, and beauty”

Winning Design by William Thornton (Public Domain)

Before the Capitol was even built, Washington said it would be a building of “grandeur, simplicity, and beauty.” Jefferson called it a “simple, noble, [and] beautiful” building.

These words are useful to help us appreciate what this building meant to the people of a new nation and what it should mean to…