On #VeteransDay the National Building Museum says thank you to all who have served in the U.S. Armed Forces.

Our historic home has a direct connection to America's military past. 1/x
Built 1882-87, it was created to house the U.S. Pension Bureau & to commemorate the service of those who fought on the side of the Union during the Civil War. It was also designed to provide a suitably grand space for Washington's social and political functions. 2/x
U.S. Army Quartermaster General Montgomery C. Meigs was architect & engineer. It was his final & most important building. The exterior features a 1,200-foot-long terra cotta frieze, designed by Caspar Buberl, showing a continuous parade of Civil War military units. 3/x
Learn more about our home: nbm.org/about/historic…

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Photos:
1. Keyston View Company, courtesy @librarycongress
2. NBM collection: 1885.11.14 Pension Construction, J.F. Jarvis
3. F. Harlan Hambright

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