Erik's trip to Boston, New York City, Philadelphia, Washington, DC, and Baltimore June and July, 2014
Jeanette Rankin (1980-1993) of Montana, life-long pacifist and the first woman in the US Congress
Hall of Statues
Statues are donated by each state and are displayed in rotation
Day 15
We had tickets from Representative Barbara Lee of California to have a tour of the Capitol
our guide describing some of the statues and artworks in the Capitol
statue from South Carolina
statue of John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg (1746-1807) from Pennsylvania
overly ornate and gilded copy of the Magna Carta
part of the frieze of the Capitol dome
Capitol rotunda (under renovation)
detail of the Capitol dome ceiling — notice George Washington seated at center
one of the paintings in the rotunda
detail of the Capitol dome ceiling — George Washington
statue of Daniel Webster from New Hampshire — defender of Dartmouth College
Rosa Park, who was seminal to the 1960s civil rights movement when she refused to give up her seat to a "white" and move to the back of a bus
statue of freedom that will go back on the roof of the Capitol when the renovations are done
Erik found another niche — this one in a cut-out model of the Capitol dome and rotunda
discussion of restoring the original statue to freedom
Sojourner Truth (1797-1883) suffragist and ablolitionist
statue of King Kamehameha I (1758-1819) of Hawaii
statue of Sakakawea (1788-1812) Lemhi Shoshone member of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, and her infant son, Baptiste