Friday, September 16, 2016

Raleigh, North Carolina 9/16/2016

Raleigh was a good stop over point on our way home.  We are planning to be home around Sunday. This is our last post for our summer 2016 travels.  While a little up in the air at the moment, right now we expect we will be traveling and blogging again around April 2017.  This has been an incredibly fun trip and Newfoundland was especially fun.  To our regular followers, and those that are new too, thanks for sharing in our adventures and travels and we hope you join us again next year.

Our last post is short - The North Carolina State Capitol in Raleigh,North Carolina. The capitol building was completed in 1840 at a cost of $533,000 (3 times the state gross income at the time). Included in the capitol building is Antonio Canova's statue of George Washington (Not your typical George Washington Statue for sure). We also visited within the capitol the General Assembly, The State Legislature, the State Library and the State Geologist's office.  Compared to the many capitols we have visited, this one was somewhat simple.  That said, we were still glad to have had the opportunity to visit it and we had an incredible Creole lunch close by.

North Carolina State Capitol
Statue of George Washington by Canova
North Carolina State Capitol
General Assembly
North Carolina State Capitol
State Library
North Carolina State Capitol
State Legislature
North Carolina State Capitol
State Geologist's office
North Carolina State Capitol



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