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The House Mace: Weapon of Congress
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September 16, 2022
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The House Mace is a symbol for authority in the US House of Representatives. It's also a weapon of discipline!
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Information Credits:
Bedini, Silvio A. “The Mace and the GavelSymbols of Government in America.” Transactions of the American Philosophical Society 87, no. 4 (1997)2352.
Bloom, Sol. “Constitution Questions and Answers.” National Archives and Records Administration. National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.
“Conserving Our Nation's Treasures.” Smithsonian Museum Conservation Institute. Smithsonian Institute, n.d.
- Freeman, Joanne B. The Field of Blood Violence in Congress and the Road to Civil War. New York, NY: Picador Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2019.
- Gleason, Margaret, Lisa Kronthal, Harriet Beaubin, Carol Grissom, and Donald Williams. “Treatment of the U.S. House of Representatives' Mace: An Object In Use.” Wooden Artifacts Group Postprints 6 (2002).
Vyse, Graham. “The Senate Has Its Own Longstanding, Secretive Basement Barbershop.” DCist, July 23, 2019.
Video Credits:
"Controversy on House floor request to present mace" CSPAN video. July 29, 1994.
"Howard Greene on the role of Senate Sergeant at Arms" CSPAN video. May 12, 1995.
"Speaker's Mace" CSPAN video. December 24, 1986.
Music used:
"Olde Timey" and "Sneaky Snitch" by Kevin MacLeod
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