So I added Annapolis to my capitols list, and of course the dome is undergoing renovation.Front of the Maryland State Capitol. This is one of the oldest state capitols.This cannon dates to 1634, when it arrived from England and was mounted on the walls of the fort at Old St. Mary’s MD.Ship’s bell from the USS Maryland, 1921.Senate chamber.House Chamber.George Washington statue.George Washington portrait.Painting that depicts General George Washington resigning his command of the Continental Army at the end of the Revolutionary War in 1783.Benjamin Franklin bust.Main foyer.Looking up to the rotunda.Frederick Douglass statue in the Old House of Delegates Chamber.Harriett Tubman statue.Maryland Governor’s House.
Statue of George Washington in front of capitol stepsThe rotundaHouse of Representatives chamberSenate chamberView of the lobby from the second floorStairs to the second floorBust of Robert E. LeeThere were four South Carolinians who signed the US Constitution. They are honored with plaques inside the capitol. Pierce Butler…Charles Cotesworth Pinckney…Charles Pinckney……and John RutledgeBattle of Cowpens by William Ranney“Marion’s Camp”, General Francis MarionOne of several paintings in the capitol showing battles of the Revolutionary War. There were more battles in South Carolina during that war than any other state. The American victory at Cowpens in 1781 is considered the turning point of the war in the South and was an important step toward victory at Yorktown. “Angel of Marie’s Heights”. Sergeant Richard Kirkland of South Carolina became famous during the Battle of Fredericksburg in December 1862 when he broke ranks to give water to Union soldiers who were gasping and screaming in agony. A sculpture in Fredericksburg marks this event.
This is a beautiful capitol inside and out. It was completed in 1932.The Sower, on top of the 400 foot tall tower. The figure is modeling the traditional method of hand sowing grain. The sculpture is 19-1/2 feet tall and weighs 9-1/2 tons. It was raised to the top of the Capitol in 1930.Abraham Lincoln statue, with the Gettysburg Address inscribed on the wall.Rotunda on the ground floor.The prehistoric life of Nebraska winds around Soil, Water, Fire and Air under the rotunda.The floor mosaic in the vestibule represents “Cosmic Energy”.Ceiling in the vestibule.In the vestibule are three James Penney’s murals created in 1964. This one is “The Homesteader’s Campfire”.“The First Furrow”“The House Raising”In the foyer, Venetian glass wall murals depict the Past, Present and Future Life on the Plains. This is “The United States Survey”.“The Blizzard of 1888”“Tree Planting”“The Coming of the Railroad”“The Spirit of Nebraska”“The Building of the Capitol”Senate chamber. Nebraska is the only state with a single legislative chamber (unicameral).Nebraska State Supreme CourtThe 14th floor rotunda (top of the tower). This area is called the Memorial Chamber.The murals in the Memorial Chamber represent the work of society to achieve virtue and noble life. Labors of the head, hand and heart. This mural is The Ideal of International Law.The Peril of FireThe Ideal of Freedom.The Scourge of PovertyThe Scourge of PlagueThe Ideal of Self-DeterminationThe Scourge of Famine
The Oklahoma State Capitol from the west. The oil derrick is symbolic of all the state, a leading oil producer.View from the east side.Oklahoma state seal under the rotunda.Looking up at the rotunda from the ground floor.The rotunda gets more beautiful the closer you get to it.The ambient lighting interprets an Oklahoma sunrise (or sunset!)Discovery and Exploration 1541-1820. This scene depicts Coronado, the first European in the region, Francisca friars, French traders, Bison, Wild game, Nordic runes on a stone, the Antelope Hills, Wichita Indians.Frontier Trade 1790-1820. This scene depicts trade with the Osage, Southeastern states Indians intrude, Whip-saw used to make boards, US Army protecting the fur trade, first school in Union Mission, experienced packers for the fur trade, Keel boats carrying trappers and traders, flat boats carrying goods to New Orleans, trading posts, Salt springs, Fort Gibson, Pecan tree.Indian Immigration 1820-1885. This scene depicts Comanche, Osage, Kiowa, Wichita and Plains-Apache, US Army soldier, the “Five Civilized Tribes”-Choctaw, Cherokee, Creek, Chickasaw and Seminole, Buffalo hide tipi and hickory tree.Non-Indian Settlement 1870-1906. This scene depicts “Boomers” homesteading the land, Land runs of 1889 and 1893, Indians “selling” their land for allotments, homestead lottery, sod houses of western Oklahoma, two-horse hitch well driller, stagecoach, vigilantes, Sycamore tree.Scale model of the statue “The Guardian” on top of the dome.All the chamber doors were locked so I could only photograph the doors.Marble railings and balusters.President Theodore Roosevelt signed the proclamation declaring statehood for Oklahoma.The quill pen used by President Theodore Roosevelt.
The Virginia State Capitol in Richmond.George Washington statue, surrounded by Patrick Henry, George Mason, Thomas Jefferson, John Marshall, Thomas Nelson and Andrew Lewis. Also, at the base, sculptures depicting Colonial Times, Revolution, Bill of Rights, Independence, Finance and Justice.Thomas Jefferson designed the Virginia State CapitolSenate ChamberHouse of Delegates ChamberOld Hall of the House of Delegates. In this room Chief Justice John Marshall presided over the famous treason trial in which former Vice President Aaron Burr was acquitted in 1807. There is a lot of history in this building, particularly relating to the early days of our country.Captain John SmithShips landing at Jamestown, 1607. Ships were the Sarah Constant, the Godspeed and the Discovery.First representative legislature in the New World – the House of Burgesses in Jamestown.“Thus always to tyrants”The rotunda.Statue of George Washington in the rotunda. Virginia was birthplace to eight presidents. Washington was born in 1732 in Westmoreland County.Thomas Jefferson was born 1743 in Albemarle County.James Madison was born 1751 in King George County.James Monroe was born 1758 in Westmoreland County.William Henry Harrison was born 1773 in Charles City County.John Tyler was born in 1790 in Charles City County.Zachary Taylor was born 1784 in Orange County.Woodrow Wilson was born 1756 in Staunton.John Marshall was our fourth and longest serving Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.Patrick Henry was a leader in our push for independence from Great Britain.Monument honoring Barbara Johns of Farmville, who was a leader in school desegregation in the 1950s.Governors’ Mansion
