Washington D.C. Saturday

Prepping for our photo in front of the Capitol

The picture was taken by the tour company's professional photographer.

On Saturday Mrs. Morgan sent the troop an email with the information on how to access the tour company's photos.

The Capitol

Our view during the picture

Ulysses S. Grant

the Capitol

Washington is not especially hot, but for us Californians, the humidity is insane

Inside of the Capitol

Statue for Colorodo; every state has sent two statues to the capitol which are on display throughout the building.

At the beginning of our tour

Ceiling of the dome of the capitol building

Viewing the Rotunda from below the painting of Washington's victory at Yorktown

Statues like this encircle the rotunda; this one is of the Revolutionary War

there are thirteen women in the center, representing the thirteen original colonies

Signing the Declaration of Independence

Lincoln

Grant

Panorama showing how large the rotunda is

statues representing the California gold rush

Columbus discovering the New World

Statues in the National Statue gallery

The Gallery is in part in what was formerly the House of Representatives

Office of the Speaker of the House, John Boehner

Statue over the former House of Representatives

Robert Fulton, inventor of the Steam Boat

There is a place in the former House where one can clearly hear someone speaking on the other side of the room 90 feet away. This is due to parabolic reflections of sound off of the rooms domed interior

View out of the Capitol

 

Mrs. Morgan with Will Rodgers

Ronald Reagan, Representing California

Dwight Eisenhower representing Kansas

Coming down the escalator on our way to the Library of Congress

D224 in the capitol

Plaster Mold for the statue Freedom, which rests atop the doe of the Capitol. At 19"6', it is the tallest statue in Washington D.C.

The table upon which Lincoln's Bible rested during his Inaugurations

the Library of Congress

 

Adorning the roof of the entrance to the Library are the names of great men, including this one of The Philosopher

Inscription on the roof of the reading room of the Library of Congress: The Inquiry, Knowledge, and Belief of Truth is the Sovereign Good of Human Nature

The Reading Room

Panorama of the Ceiling

Thomas Jefferson: "I cannot live without books"

The Supreme Court

The Supreme Court is currently under renovation. There is a covering over the front portico made to look like the real thing

The Authority of Law

The Contemplation of Justice

View of freedom over the Capitol

We huddle around Chet in the shade

Walking in front of the Capitol

The most popular Smithsonian

mural inside

The backup lunar lander for some of the earlier Apollo Lunar mission

Icarus falling to his doom for flying too high; inside of the Smithsonian

Skylab space station

British World War II fighter

American World War II fighter

German World War II fighter, captured when a German pilot defected

touching a moon rock!

Danny and Calvin touching something from out of this world

Pieces of the original Goddard Rocket

Apollo Landing Capsule

Dinner at a Chinese Restaurant

We had dinner family style with all the courses on the table

entrance to Chinatown

Statues representing the Wright brothers' first flight

First king of all of Hawaii: Michael Silva

Our unofficial photo in front of the Capitol

Signing the Mayflower compact; the first agreement for self government in the New World

E Pluribus Unum

Playing around in the Capitol!

One of the virtues listed on the ceiling outside of the Reading Room

The original plane

Photos of real people at the Korean Memorial

At the Korean Memorial

 

19 Soldiers on patrol representing all of the soldiers who fought in the Korean War. When the light is just right, the 19 soldiers will cast shadows creating 38 soldiers, representing the 38th parallel

The Washington Monument at night. It is currently being refurbished as it sustained major damage during the 2011 earthquake and has been closed ever since

Abraham Lincoln

The Lincoln memorial at night

soldiers representing those who fought in the Vietnam war

The soldiers are horrified as they look over the hill and see the scar in the earth that is their fallen comrades, illustrated by the Vietnam memorial

Portian of the wall with the names of all those lost during the Vietnam War. Many of the bodies have not been found and their names are marked with a cross

The nurse's memorial

One nurse is cradling a soldier who is drowning in his own blood. Another is looking into the distance in the other direction, searching the horizon for a helicopter. The third woman is named despair, she is crouched down and in shock

Playing around with the statue of Albert Einstein