Reporter's Notebook: The Truman Show at the Capitol
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A statue of President Truman replaced a sculpture of Alexander Hamilton in the Capitol rotunda this week, relegating the founding father to a basement with little-known figures.
Hamilton wasn’t laid low in a duel. But congressional officials recently moved Hamilton’s statue out of the Capitol rotunda in exchange for a statue of the 33rd president. The Hall of Columns holds many statues in the U.S. Capitol (Chad Pergram/Fox News) Statue of John Gorrie of Florida in the U.S. Capitol. (Chad Pergram/Fox News) Statue of late Sen. Jacob Collamer in the Capitol (Chad Pergram/Fox News) Statue of late Sen. Pat McCarran in the Capitol (Chad Pergram/Fox News) Statue of President Harry Truman in the U.S. Capitol (Chad Pergram) Chad Pergram currently serves as a senior congressional correspondent for FOX News Channel (FNC). He joined the network in September 2007 and is based out of Washington, D.C.
Hamilton’s statue is now exiled to the Capitol’s "Hall of Columns," a lengthy, ornate corridor on the first floor of the House wing.
Compared to the rotunda, the Hall of Columns is not exactly "the room where it happens."
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