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Hear how Italian architect Luigi Moretti promised to bring a “touch of Rome” to America’s capital city with the design of the Watergate complex. Author Joseph Rodota tells its story, which features a remarkable cast of characters, from Monica Lewinsky and Senator Bob Dole to Martha Mitchell and Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Learn how this famous building, which the Washington Post once called “a glittering Potomac Titanic,” became synonymous with scandal.

$12 Member | $10 Student | $20 Non-member

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Photo by Carol M. Highsmith/Library of Congress.