The Great Hall at the Smithsonians National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday, August 18, 2009.
Originally constructed to serve as a “Temple of Invention” for the United States Patent Office in 1840, the Great Hall has also served as the first national museum, the location for President Lincoln’s second inaugural ball, and the home of the Declaration of Independence from 1841 to 1871.
Photo By: Anthony Washington
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