So here we have the third day in Washington D.C.!
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Erica's foot is not happy about all the walking.
Our first stop was the Capitol Building inside of which were a variety of statues of prominent humanitarians. |
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| Such as... |
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| And... |
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| In addition to... |
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This is the inside of the Capitol Dome.
Apparently the dome is tall enough that the Statue of Liberty would fit inside of it. |
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| One of the paintings in the Rotunda. |
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| Washington and Jefferson in the Rotunda. |
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| Alexander Hamilton |
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| A close up of the painting in the dome. |
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| A super close up of Washington in the mural (he is the guy in the purple blanket next to the woman blowing her horn. |
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| This mural wraps all the way around the rotunda. |
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Close up.
This is a painting, not an engraving. |
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| Signing of the Declaration of Independence. |
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| Lincoln's statue in the rotunda. |
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| Father Junipero Serra in the Hall of Statues. |
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| Various statues in the Hall of Statues in the Capitol Building. |
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| A ceremonial copy of the Declaration of Independence in the Hall of Statues. |
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| Ceiling in the Hall of Statues. |
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Henry Clay in the Hall of Statues.
Clay is important in U.S. political history.
He was also apparently popular with the ladies. |
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| Robert E. Lee. |
So after the Capitol we walked over to the Library of Congress.
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| Ceiling of the Great Hall in the Thomas Jefferson Building (Library of Congress) |
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| More of the Great Hall. |
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| And yet more. |
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| Looking down at the floor of the Great Hall. |
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| Looking across the Great Hall. |
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| Library of Congress |
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| The Capitol Building. |
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The Supreme Court
(and look! It's under construction! Surprise...) |
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| Justice John Marshall's chair. |
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Justice John Marshall memorial.
And if you don't know why John Marshall is important,
please look it up. |
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Justice Sandra Day O' Connor
Again, if you don't know why she is important,
please look it up. |
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| Justice O' Connor's Presidential Medal of Freedom. |
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| Looking up the staircase in the Supreme Court. |
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| Yay! Losing our rights! |
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| The ceiling leading into the actual courtroom (where no pictures are allowed-of course). |
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| Rob at the Capitol Building. |
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| Long view of the Capitol Building. |
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The Washington Monument!
And construction!
I think the entire capital is under construction. |
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| The "front" side of the Capitol Building. |
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| Rob on the front side of the Capitol Building. |
So after the Capitol Building, Library of Congress, and The Supreme Court,
we headed over to the Museum of American History.
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| It's creepy medical equipment! |
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This was the original Washington monument.
Looks weird. |
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| Just read the damn placard. |
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| More Lincoln junk! |
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| Once upon time kids under 14, phones were neither mobile nor carried by children. |
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| Archie Bunker's chair and Bob Dylan's Jacket! |
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| A guy who likes fisting. |
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| Ahhh, modern medicine to the rescue. |
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The Negro Leagues:
Keeping the Major Leagues from being truly competitive until 1946. |
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| Transcontinental Railroad spike. |
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Thomas Jefferson and the names of his slaves.
Puts things in perspective when considering he wrote "All men are created equal." |
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| Slave shackles. |
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| Washington's Dress Suit. |
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This is not a carpenter's kit.
This is used for amputations before modern medicine. |
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| Slave collar. |
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| In the Civil War, one battle was so vicious that these shots were removed from this one tree. |
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| And the end of the Civil War happened at this table in these chairs. |
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| The Berlin Wall! |
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| Scarecrow from The Wizard of Oz. |
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| Comics, gloves, a baseball (signed by Lou Gehrig). |
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| A quartet of Stradivariuses. |
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| Abraham Lincoln was wearing this hat when he was shot at Ford's Theater. |
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| Figure it out! |
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| Edison's light bulbs. |
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| A school bus! |
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| An older motor vehicle. |
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| A light from a lighthouse. |
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| A model Riverboat. |
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Yep, the original Superman suit.
Did you ever notice he had super-speed, super-strength, and eye lasers
but no clue that his underwear went under his pants? |
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| Muppets! Old School! |
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| Howdy Doodie! |
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These are federally approved ducks.
They have security clearance. |
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| I like the guard crossing his legs and leaning on a post. |
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| Erica and Einstein. |
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| This is where the drugs come from. |
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That's right, everyone!
In the United States, right now, an entire group of people pay taxes but have no representation in Congress.
So the city put it on the license plate! |
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