Eureka!

On Monday, we took advantage of the holiday and made a trip to the Capitol. Madison is putting together a State Notebook for history and wanted to go take pictures. The pictures were taken by her :)

The rotunda is just beautiful. About half way up there are garlands with the cornucopias. These represent the many crops that are grown here. Our state grows more crops than any other state!

This is the Senate chamber.

The Assembly Chamber

The wooden desks in the Assembly and the stained glass seal are original and date back to 1869. Mia thought it was really cool that the Assembly members raise their microphones, not their hands, to speak. I am so thankful that the building has been so beautifully preserved. Our tour guide told us that there was a proposal during the 1970's to modernize the building. She showed us an artist rendition of the project. It was horrible. Something out of a bad Sci-Fi movie. There were two high rise buildings on either end of a flat series of office buildings. The staircase banister was just refinished two weeks ago by family members of the original craftsmen who built the staircase!