Tuesday, August 18, 2009



Capitol Hill was good. We took a tour in it. First, we saw a movie about the history of the Capitol. It first had a small dome but then, the built the old House of Representatives, the dome didn't seem big enough so they built a 9-million pound cast iron rotunda instead. The Congress people made all the states give them two statues of people that had to be dead. All the Presidents are in the rotunda and some other are in the Emancipation Hall. My favorite statue was the Hawaii King one because, all the other looked the same and he really stood out, and two, He had color and looked cool. Did you know that the Capitol separates the city into four sections so that if you are on like 2 street NW, you are actually NW of the Capitol! The picture is of George Washinton going to Heaven and is on the ceiling of the rotunda. George Washington is wearing a pink skirt. He is above the woman with a sheild. A woman named Triumph and Victory is seated on his left but your right. She is holding a trumpet.

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