I'll give you some more details on yesterday's activities.
We got into BWI on time, but there was a slight delay with the bus. That glitch was not an augur for the day as the rest of Monday was tremendous. After a quick lunch at Union Station, we walked up Capitol Hill for our Capitol Building tour. The tour starts with a beautiful, short film about why the building is so important, how it is symbolic of the workings of our government, and how it was built. We then had a private tour of the Crypt, the Rotunda, and the Statuary gallery. Our tour guide Meredith was super; she asked the kids engaging questions, and they responded to her enthusiastically (not to mention accurately.) The Statuary gallery was especially cool. Each state gets to choose two native son/daughters to have represented as statues in the Capitol. Sam Adams is one of the Massachusetts statues, and his statue holds a place of prominence in the Crypt. The other Massachusetts statue is off the regular tour route and is not often seen by the public; he resides in a working corridor of the Senate. The statue is John Winthrop, but when Meredith heard we had a Winthrop in our group (Hannah), she gave us a special treat and brought us down that corridor to take pictures with John Winthrop. A pretty cool way to end our tour of the Capitol.
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