Robert C. Weaver Federal Building

The Robert C. Weaver Federal Building, located at 451 Seventh Street, SW, Washington, DC, is a ten story federal office building designed by architect Marcel Breuer, a master of the modern architectural movement in the United States. The building was constructed for the Department of Housing and Urban Development. The design team for the building included Herbert Beckhard and Nolen Swinburne Associates. The builder was John McShain, Inc., under supervision of the General Services Administration. The cornerstone for the building was laid in November 1966. The building was formally opened and dedicated by Secretary Robert C. Weaver on September 9, 1968, and renamed in his honor July 11, 2000.

Lincoln License Plate Unveiled

The new Indiana license plate commemorating the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial was unveiled today by Ron Stiver, Commissioner of the Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles and Connie Nass, chairperson of the Indiana Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission.

Members of the Bicentennial Commission and Michael Blickman, chairman of the Indiana Historical Society Board of trustees attended the ceremony that was held in the Rose McKee Lanham Gallery at the Eugene and Marilyn Glick Indiana History Center in Indianapolis.

The new license plate is now available at no additional charge for 2008 and 2009 and may be obtained at any Indiana BMV license branch as a renewal or new registration. The plate may be displayed through 2013.

Stiver explained that the license plate design features a logo developed for the Lincoln Bicentennial Commission that is being used on special signage throughout the state.