For my semi wordless Wednesday, I figured I would finally end my posts about DC by telling you all about my tour at the Capital. A little birdie (AkA Will's Uncle Jim) told us if you contact your state representative, they will give you a free tour around the capital. Well thank goodness our state rep gave us the time of day and had an intern give us a grand tour around our amazing capital. This was BY FAR my favorite site to see and it was a little sweeter that we got to have a private tour, we were inside in a well air conditioned building, and we even got to cut the lines (there was probably 10 elementary schools worth of children running around and standing in lines...if that gives you any indication how grateful I was to cut the lines).
I'm glad our little birdie gave us this sweet insight, otherwise we would not have the experience we did.
the dome of the capital
that would be George Washington in the middle of all those angels...he was a very humbled man...
actually he really was...he refused to think of himself as a "God", like everyone told him and portrayed him
each state has two statues in the capital...Oklahoma has Sequoyah
and Will Rogers (dUh)...before Will Rogers died (in his infamous plane crash) he requested that his statue have his head facing down and facing outside of the senate chambers...so when all the senators come out of their meetings they have to look him in the eye....clever man that one is...
the family in front of the replica of lady Freedom (the statue at the top of the capital)
Side Note: No other statue can be as tall or weight as much as THE lady Freedom in the capital
Happy Wednesday! Thanks for reading!
691 more days until William graduates...
ha! i had no idea about the will rogers statue! definitely a smart man.
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