Day 4

Ceiling in the Library of Congress

Monday was day 4 of our trip, and the one day we had specific times we had to be places. The only morning we woke up really early too! After breakfast we headed off on foot to the Library of Congress Tour. It was our first few of the Capitol Building and it was exciting to be standing there in the middle of all that history!!

The library of congress (http://www.loc.gov/index.html) was one of our favorite places. The tour starts out with a short video that tells you just some of the millions of treasures it contains. Some you can see on dispaly, some you could request to see, and a lot of them available online. Amazing resources about the history of our country digitally preserved.

On display we saw the Gutenburg bible, the original books Thomas Jefferson donated after the first library burned (those were amazing), ancient and more modern maps, including the first map that shows the "Americas" on it (WOW) and so much more.

I apologize for the sheer volume of pictures for this entry, but it was hard to limit which ones I put here.

First view of the Capitol:


WOW! Library of Congress Lamppost: Photo by P. Carson, age 6



Beautiful archetecture:




Inside details, many with literary references:



Main lobby:




Check out their website, it is filled with resources you can use. I found a science section on there with facsinating facts I am sure my boys will be checking out!