The historians are looking for eyewitnesses to event that happened 60 years ago. Inall know if it happened these halls here, the only people still alive for the pages who were 16 years old at the time. We are come in handy if you times with a couple of the project and we hope to continue to do so in the future. Constantly amaze me. Meeting judge tracy was a page for eight years. Having the pleasure of driving over in his car with his Capitol Police man afterwards. Still has his badge and we got there all the security. If anyone needs a ride back, he is here. , great pressure pleasure, i. T. Is met i introduce matt. Thank you all, i met wisniewski, the historian of the house. Lineittle further down the , the senate associate historian. We are very pleased to be with you as you kick off the page union weekend. We would like to spend a little bit of time telling you about research,r recent collection acquisitions related to pages and leave sometime at the end for questions might have. The
Soon, a new crop of senators will make their way to Washington to help run America. Some may even want to brighten up their Senate desks with a nice vase of flowers. Except that’s not allowed. And if they want to quench their thirst, they ll find their beverage options severely limited by a decades-old precedent. It’s just part of the many peculiarities of life in the U.S. Senate. Here s the history behind five rules every senator needs to follow.
1. Senators can only drink water or milk on the Senate floor.
Vice President Spiro Agnew (left), Senator Dirksen (middle), and President Richard Nixon (right).National Archives and Records Administration, Wikimedia Commons / Public Domain