Israel at 75: How the Jewish state compares to other countries – HISTORICAL AFFAIRS: What Israel’s history teaches us is that while there are major disputes in the country and various groups that do not agree on many issues, the country is stable. | The Jerusalem Post

In 1851, 75 years after the US Declaration of Independence, a crowd gathered in the shadow of the US Capitol. They had come to lay a cornerstone for the expansion of the building. An architect had been chosen by president Millard Fillmore. Thomas U. Walter, a Philadelphia architect, was chosen. A cornerstone would be laid to mark the beginning of construction of the new part of the building, at the northeast corner of the House wing.