Join author C. Ford Peatross for an intriguing lecture, on his new book Capital Drawings: Architectural Designs for Washington D.C.  The lecture will offer an introduction to The Library of Congress’s holdings of Washington D.C. architectural materials.  Peatross will examine drawings for some of Washington's most important buildings, monuments, and memorials, as well as, anonymous structures of everyday life and ambitious projects that were never built.   Peatross will explore the history and development of a city and nation through the buildings, monuments, and public and private spaces that have given them physical form and symbolic meaning.  C. Ford Peatross is curator of the architecture, design, and engineering collections at the Library of Congress.  

Wednesday, March 14, 2007 at 7 p.m. 
Cost: $10 members; $15 nonmembers; $5 students