Wash DC 8-21-11
Wash DC - 8-21-11
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  • Union Station - a train and subway station on Capitol Hill
  • Union Station on Capitol Hill opened in 1907
  • Union Station's beautiful architecture
  • Union Station's architecture
  • Christopher Columbus Memorial outside Union Station
  • Christopher Columbus Memorial outside Union Station
  • The Russell Senate Office Building
  • The Russell Senate Office Building
  • The atrium dome ceiling inside the Russell Senate Office Building
  • Mom explores Senator offices inside the Russell Senate building
  • US Capitol building
  • US Capitol building
  • With Mom at the US Capitol building
  • The Northeast section of the US Capitol building
  • US Capitol building
  • US Capitol building
  • Freedom Statue atop the US Capitol building
  • Dirkson Senate Office building
  • Mom outside Senator Amy Klobuchar's office
  • Inside Senator Amy Klobuchar's office
  • Inside Senator Klobuchar's office
  • Mom sitting at Senator Klobuchar's desk
  • With Mom outside Senator Al Frankin's Office
  • Receptionist inside Senator Frankin's Office
  • Inside Senator Frankin's Office
  • Inside Senator Frankin's Office
  • Inside Senator Frankin's Office - formrly Senator Paul Wellstone's office
  • US Capitol Visitor Center
  • Chief Washakie Statue in the US Capitol
  • Sara Winnemucca Statue in the US Capitol
  • Robert E Lee Statue in the US Capitol
  • The Crypt area of the Capitol below the Rotunda
  • The rotunda domed ceiling of the US Capitol
  • The Crypt has 13 statutes - one from each state representing the 13 original states
  • Statue of Thomas Jefferson in the crypt
  • Baptism of Pocahantas painting in the crypt
  • Statue of Ulysses Grant in the crypt
  • Statue of Gerald Ford in the crypt
  • Wreathed panel with scenes from American colonial history
  • Wreathed panel with scenes from American colonial history
  • Discovery of the Mississippi by De Soto painting
  • Famous presidents who lied in state in this rotunda are Reagan and Ford
  • Paintings on the rotunda domed ceiling of the US Capitol
  • With Mom and nephew Doug in the crypt with President Lincoln
  • National Statuary Hall in the US Capitol
  • The National Statuary Hall has 100 statues - 2 from each state
  • National Statuary Hall in the US Capitol
  • US Supreme Court near the Capitol
  • The current US Supreme Court building opened in 1935
  • With Mom at the US Supreme Court
  • President Taft served as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court from 1921-1930
  • Oliver Wendall Holmes - Supreme Court Justice until 90 years of age
  • Sandra Day O'Connor - first female Supreme Court Justice
  • View of the Capitol from the Supreme Court
  • Front of the US Supreme Court
  • Canon House of Representatives Office Building
  • Canon House of Representatives Office Building
  • Canon House Office domed rotunda
  • Representative Michele Bachmann's Office in the Canon building
  • Rayburn House of Representatives Office Building
  • Rayburn House of Representatives Office Building
  • US Botanic Gardens near the Capitol
  • Mom at the US Botanic Gardens
  • US Botanic Gardens with the Capitol in the background
  • US Botanic Gardens with the Capitol in the background
  • US Botanic Gardens
  • US Botanic Gardens
  • Papaya Tree at US Botanic Gardens
  • Mom at the US Botanic Gardens
  • Statue of James Garfield outside the Capitol
  • Civil War Memorial at the Capitol Reflecting Pool
  • Civil War Memorial at the Capitol Reflecting Pool
  • With Mom at the Reflecting Pool next to the Capitol
  • With Mom at the Reflecting Pool next to the Capitol
  • Reflecting Pool next to Capitol
  • Reflecting Pool and US Capitol
  • Memorial to Ulysses Grant at the Capitol Reflecting Pool
  • Memorial to Ulysses Grant at the Capitol Reflecting Pool
  • Statue outside the US Capitol
  • American Indian Museum near the Capitol
  • Totem Pole inside the American Indian Museum
  • Buffalo Dancer for the Pueblo Indians at the American Indian Museum

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