April 31st
While I was in Washington D.C. I went to see the Capital Building. My Grandma was able to get us a private tour of the building. The Capital just finished building the new visitor center. Before we could go to the visitor center we had to have an ID card that was visible. We also had to put our bags through security. On the way to the tour we walked through a hall with tons of pictures hanging on the wall. Some of the pictures where amazing to look at.
I saw the ceiling of one of the rooms and it had a mural painted on it. Maggie, our tour guide, told me that once the congressmen climbed up a flight of stairs and stood on the mural.Maggie was also telling me how each state has at least two statues, they have donated, spread out around the Capital. I found one of Oregon's statues.
In the Capital Dome there is a place you can stand, and listen to other people standing at another spot. It sounds as thought there is a speaker attached somewhere.
Once we had arrived back from the tour I took a picture of Congressman Kurt Schrader's office. Then the secretary let me sit in his chair I felt like royalty.
This was my favorite part of the trip; getting to visit the Capital Building.
-Madeleine
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