rotunda

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He turns and gives her a smile after delivering that line inside the Capitol rotunda.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 31, 2026

“But she walked into the rotunda and she started reading Lincoln’s words that are engraved into the wall. It was such a moving moment.”

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 13, 2025

Built in 1939 as the Floral Hall, the Ocean Room is a distinctive rotunda building, and for the past 50 years has operated as a night club and function venue.

From BBC • Apr. 26, 2025

Given the limited space in the rotunda, an overflow room was set up in the Capitol Visitor Center.

From Slate • Jan. 20, 2025

A beam of sunlight slanted into the rotunda and glowed on the floor, like Zeus was up there with a magnifying glass, trying to fry puny humans.

From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan