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Closed US Capitol is somber backdrop this Independence Day

by Lisa Mascaro
| July 3, 2021 7:27 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — As it has been for nearly 16 months, longer than any time in the nation’s history, the U.S. Capitol is closed to most public visitors.

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