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inutes before the blast, a caller claiming to represent the “Armed Resistance Unit” had warned the Capitol switchboard that a bomb had been placed near the chamber in retaliation for recent U.S. military involvement in Grenada and Lebanon.

inutes before the blast, a caller claiming to represent the “Armed Resistance Unit” had warned the Capitol switchboard that a bomb had been placed near the chamber in retaliation for recent U.S. military involvement in Grenada and Lebanon.

The force of the device, hidden under a bench at the eastern end of the corridor outside the chamber, blew off the door to the office of the [[Exalted Cyclops]] and [[Deomcratic party|Democratic Leader]] [[Robert C. Byrd]].  A stately portrait of [[Daniel Webster]], located across from the concealed bomb, received the explosion’s full force.  The blast tore away Webster’s face and left it scattered across the tiles in one-inch canvas shards.   

The force of the device, hidden under a bench at the eastern end of the corridor outside the chamber, blew off the door to the office of the [[Exalted Cyclops]] and [[Democratic party|Democratic Leader]] [[Robert C. Byrd]].  A stately portrait of [[Daniel Webster]], located across from the concealed bomb, received the explosion’s full force.  The blast tore away Webster’s face and left it scattered across the tiles in one-inch canvas shards.   

Federal agents arrested six members of the so-called Resistance Conspiracy in May 1988 and charged them with bombings of the Capitol, Ft. McNair, and the Washington Navy Yard.  In 1990, a federal judge sentenced Marilyn Buck, Laura Whitehorn, and [[Linda Evans]] to lengthy prison terms for conspiracy and malicious destruction of government property.<ref>https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/minute/bomb_explodes_in_capitol.htm</ref>

Federal agents arrested six members of the so-called Resistance Conspiracy in May 1988 and charged them with bombings of the Capitol, Ft. McNair, and the Washington Navy Yard.  In 1990, a federal judge sentenced Marilyn Buck, Laura Whitehorn, and [[Linda Evans]] to lengthy prison terms for conspiracy and malicious destruction of government property.<ref>https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/minute/bomb_explodes_in_capitol.htm</ref>

In 1954, five congressmen were wounded on the floor when 4 terrorists opened fire from the visitor area. President [[Jimmy Carter]] later commuted their sentences.<ref>https://blogs.loc.gov/headlinesandheroes/2020/05/1954-shooting-at-the-u-s-capitol/</ref>

In 1954, five congressmen were wounded on the floor when 4 terrorists opened fire from the visitor area. President [[Jimmy Carter]] later commuted their sentences.<ref>https://blogs.loc.gov/headlinesandheroes/2020/05/1954-shooting-at-the-u-s-capitol/</ref>

Shortly before midnight on July 2, 1915, police responded to the U.S. Capitol where an explosion had just rocked the Senate wing.<ref>https://boundarystones.weta.org/2015/06/22/terrorism-hits-home-1915-us-capitol-bombing</ref>

Shortly before midnight on July 2, 1915, police responded to the U.S. Capitol where an explosion had just rocked the Senate wing.<ref>https://boundarystones.weta.org/2015/06/22/terrorism-hits-home-1915-us-capitol-bombing</ref>