Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Our Nation’s Capital…

We traveled to Washington D.C. with the BYU Law school from May 18th- 22nd…

DSC07300 It was a great day to explore!

DSC07304 Our first big stop was to the National Archives!

DSC07306 Lots of beautiful flowers…

*and*

DSC07305 yummy treats- like this milk shake from the Potbelly- local favorite hangout!

DSC07309 afternoon was spent at the Holocaust museum- I had always read about this but until I saw details and pictures of actual people (like above) it gave me such a feeling of depression and sadness. My heart ached for the pain and torment they endured in this earth life.

DSC07310 IN MEMORY…

DSC07313 so much history- getting to the Lincoln Memorial was a story in itself!

DSC07318 as a side trip- we headed over to Alexandria, Va. to visit this historic town!

DSC07319 figured we’d try it out since we like George W.

DSC07323 Here we are- trying it out for lunch!

DSC07325 we also came to hear Pres. James Madison

DSC07328 The big event was waiting for Steve to get sworn in to practice (bring cases) before the Supreme Court!

DSC07332 The group was fortunate to be able to have Chief Justice John Roberts come in after the ceremony for a few minutes!

DSC07346 We also enjoyed our time with Jim Rasband- Dean of the BYU law school

DSC07352 I am very proud of Steve and all his accomplishments- he goes the 2nd mile!

DSC07362

Steve with Utah Senator Mike Lee

 ( he took us on a private tour of the floor of the Senate- which is not open to the public. It was interesting to see each individual desk with their name plates. We were told during the civil war after the south seceded, Union soldiers guarding the Senate chambers bayoneted Jefferson Davis’ desk because he resigned congress to become Pres. of the confederacy (the desk is still there today).

 

9 comments:

ben said...

Congratulations Steve! I'm bummed we never visited the capital with you guys when we were living there,

Phil said...

Wow! Congrats!!

lisa said...

what a great experience! congrats to president T!

The Thompson Family said...

Very cool experience!!! Congratulations to Steve!!! I guess he deserves some ribs when he comes over. ;)

Amber said...

i loved DC...such a cool place!

Janet Crossen said...

What a fun time in DC. My brother used to live in DC while doing his residency at Walter Reed. Went to visit him a lot. Don't visit him as much now. Hmmm. Tell Steve Congrats!

Aunt Sue said...

WOW - double WOW. Way to go Steve! Hey Donna you'd better hang on to that guy. Thanks for the history lesson. I would sure like to go there someday.

Rachel said...

Wow! What a neat reason to get to go to D.C.!

Aunt Gayle said...

Read your Washington Blog. Very Impressive!! Nice of you to share. Love, Aunt Gayle