House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is removing from the Capitol portraits of former speakers who served in the Confederacy
WASHINGTON—, the latest move in her effort to rid the historical building of art featuring people who turned against the Union in the Civil War.
“The halls of Congress are the very heart of our democracy,” Mrs. Pelosi said in her letter to the clerk of the House of Representatives. “There is no room in the hallowed halls of Congress or in any place of honor for memorializing men who embody the violent...
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