These past few days have been most interesting few days as we have been studying United States history. I have prepared a mini lesson about the Mayflower (and the other ships & voyages too), and have as well prepared some material concerning the United States capitol. Our children LOVE these mini-lessons that come up from time to time, so they will be pleased. Regarding the Capitol building itself, I have personally visited this building on many occassions (I grew up in Maryland so we visited DC often), and hope to take our children for a visit later this year to see it for themselves in person. Enjoy !
(Side Note: I finished painting the kitchen last evening, and today am cleaning up. The kitchen looks WONDERFUL !! This afternoon DadToCherubs and the children will be home ... it has been SOOOO quiet here ... and rather lonesome. I can barely wait to see them !!)
It was on this day in 1793 that President George Washington laid the cornerstone of the United States Capitol building. It was designed as a much smaller building than the one we know because the senators and representatives had no offices, they simply worked at their desks on the floor of the House or Senate, and the public area under the dome was a flea market, where people sold everything from silk to light machinery. The wings were later extended, and then a larger dome was installed in proportion to the wings. The building as we know it was finished in the middle of the Civil War. Some people opposed spending money on a construction project in the middle of a war, but Abraham Lincoln thought the Capitol was a symbol that the Union would be preserved.
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