The Fruit of Our Life: Day at the Capital

Our day at the capital was very fun and educational for all of us. When we first got to Richmond we went to the Richmond Library. We needed to get our tickets and it was also where we listened to the opening speech for the day.

After that we had some time before the first tour so we went to the observation deck of City Hall. We got a bird's eye view of the city of Richmond.

Then we went to the Capital to do our first tour of the Senate. Also to look in the museum.

On the way there we passed by the hotel where my mom used to work as a waitress.

In the Senate room we got to vote on a bill and do a trivial question.

It was fun getting to vote on a bill and be in the chairs of the people who help make our laws.

The board on the wall was the voting board that showed each of our votes.

That is Henry Clay. In that picture he was telling the people why they should vote for him.

This Picture is of Thomas Jefferson in his 70's he lived from 1743-1826

The interesting thing about this dome is that you can only see it from the inside, on the outside of the capital it looks like a roman temple style roof. They think this is because Thomas Jefferson wanted a roman temple look on the outside of the capital . But the people wanted a dome so they compromised and they made what we call a inside dome.

This is the mace that is still used today to symbolize the important political and legal traditions. This mace was presented to Virgina House of Delegates by the Jamestown Foundation in 1974.

This is a statue of Robert E Lee. That was where he stood to say the speech below.

This is the actual first model of the capital

George Washington had a Sculptor make a life size statue of himself. It took about 2 years. That statue is how we know that he is 6ft 2in and the actual shape of his face.