We toured the Capitol, and it was cool, but I'm going to leave the details out of this post.



Ok, except for this - the painting in the Capitol dome is called the "Apotheosis of George Washington." In other words, George Washington becoming a god.



And also this. It's in the Smithsonian now, but used to be in the Capitol.
It's George Washington as a Greek god. It was removed in 1908 for indecency
because OMG GEORGE HAS NO CLOTHES ON!!!



The Magna Carta. One of 4 originals.



What's left of the Declaration of Independence. It's actually kind of sad how much of it has faded. You can't read it, and can barely even tell where the signatures were. The Magna Carta is in much better shape and predates the DOI by over 550 years.

Egyptian Mummy



Mummy Cow



Ring belonging to Jotham, son of the biblical King of Judah, Uzziah



Evolution of the toaster



Night light from the 1950's, notable because the kid who used it is STILL having nightmares about demonic dogs from the gates of hell.



Abraham Lincoln's hat. No, seriously. It is.



Political puppet play, common in the pre-Declaration of Independence era

Is that Hastings? Nope. It's a really fat dingo.



Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!



Everybody needs a picture of a dik-dik.



A little postmortem lounging.



Was that my stomach growling? Must be lunch time.



Vampire Deer iz wachin yu. Get me mah cheezburger or i b suckin ur bludz.



BOO!

Big Sea Creature


Big Dinosaur


Big Expensive Rock


Big Whale


Big Elephant


Big Dorks