Each week american artifacts takes viewers into archives, museums and Historic Sites around the country. Next, we tour some of the oldest rooms in the u. S. Capitol with senator mitch mcconnell. We hear about the Historic Events that occurred in what is now the Republican Leaders suite, the very rooms that, early in the 19th century, hosted the u. S. House of representatives, the u. S. Senate and the library of congress. Senator mcconnell recalls his own political career and the historic moments in which he participated. We are in the United States capitol in the senate wing and about to be given a tour of the Senate Majority Leaders Office by the majority leader himself. Thank you, senator mcconnell. Where are we in the capitol right now . We are actually not in the senate wing which is just further down. Were in the main capitol, the government came down from philadelphia in the summer of 1800 and the capitol looked quite different at that point. The two wings were added right before
Republican leaders Conference Room and his private office, and he recalls his own political career and the historic moments in which he participated. We are in the United States capitol in the senate wing and about to be given a tour of the Senate Majority Leaders Office by the majority leader himself. Thank you, senator mcconnell. For your graciousness in opening up to this week. Where are we in the capitol right now . We are actually not in the senate wing which is just further down. Were in the main capitol, the government came down from philadelphia in the summer of 1800 and the capitol looked quite different at that point. The two wings were added right before the civil war during the 1850s. But this particular space, like every space in the capitol, has its own history. And we do know that during that general period, they began to develop what subsequently came known as the library of congress in this particular space. Its been the office of the republican leader of the senate, w