The U.S. has a long history of politically motivated violence. The U.S. Capitol building, a symbol of the nation, a very public building, and a working office for thousands of people, can also be a target, as we saw in the unprecedented insurrection on January 6th.
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CPB:
Civics 101 is supported in part by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
Tour:
When you visit the Capitol, you enter through the Capitol Visitor Center, since eighteen hundred, Congress has met here in Washington, D.C. to represent the people and make laws.
Jacqui Fulton:
It's been said that government was invented to prevent violence, but governments can also perpetrate violence.
Tour:
This room was named Emancipation Hall to honor the enslaved people who worked to build the Capitol and become the target of violence.
NPR:
Today, the departing president incited a group of supporters outside the White House. He repeated the lie that he had won the election.
Trump:
We're going to walk down and I'll be there with you. We're going to walk down to the Capitol.
Jacqui Fulton:
The United States Capitol Building, the very symbol of Western democracy, has the scars to prove it.
Newsreel:
In Washington, D.C., ruthless fanatic violence erupted in the halls of Congress. Three men and a woman believed to be members of the Puerto Rican nationalist gang opened fire from the visitors gallery of the House of Representatives.Five congressmen were hit.
Jacqui Fulton:
And I'm Jacqui Fulton. This is Civics 101. Today, we're talking about the history of politically motivated violence at the Capitol Building, the Capitol is one of the nation's most heavily guarded buildings with its own dedicated police force, the United States Capitol Police. But it's also a very public building, a monument opened to citizens and a working office building for thousands of people. The first breach of the capital occurred during the War of 1812, a war between the Americans and the British over territory and trade.
CBS:
4000 British soldiers lay siege to Washington, D.C. and set fire to the U.S. Capitol and the White House. Heat was intense. The glass in the skylights melted, became molten and fell down or chunks.
Jacqui Fulton:
One of the most notable incidents of violence occurred in 1856, the savage beating of Senator Charles Sumner for his abolitionist views by a House member.
Historian:
Preston Brooks walked up to Charles Sumner with raised his cane, made a couple of unfriendly remarks and brought that gold handled, came down on the top of Charles Sumners head.
Jacqui Fulton:
Sumner barely survived his injuries, his blood-stained the Senate floor. President Andrew Jackson narrowly avoided an assassination attempt while attending a funeral at the Capitol in 1835.
Historian:
As the president exited the funeral once drew a pistol from his pocket and fired. But only the cap fired, even though he was 67 and in poor health. The president charged warrants with a cane.
Jacqui Fulton:
The building has been bombed three separate times.
Newsreel:
The single bomb set off by a timing device left the in room, a shambles, demolished, ripping plaster ripped from walls.
Jacqui Fulton:
In 1971 an extremist group, the Weather Underground, a group that used violence to force political and social change, set off a bomb in the men's room right away.
Newsreel:
There was alarm for a time that other bombs might still be hidden inside the Capitol. Police Dogs...
Jacqui Fulton:
Fortunately, no people were injured in any of the bombings. The same cannot be said of shootings in 1998, two police officers died in the line of duty.
Newsreel:
Apparently, the gunman mingled with tourists and approached the Capitol from the east side. He entered by what is called the document door, an entrance that members of Congress share with members of the public. He exchanged gunfire with security officers.
Jacqui Fulton:
While violence in the Capitol isn't unheard of. The insurrection on January 6th is unlike anything that's ever happened before. But eventually, the building was secured and Congress went back to the floor of the Senate and finished the work that had been interrupted.
Pence:
The violence was quelled. The capital is secured and the people's work continues.
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