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	Eternal Flame A “crypt” is a chamber beneath the main floor. The Capitol Crypt’s general appearance has remained constant since the central section of the Capitol was finished in the 1820s, with the exception of a 10-foot hole that originally pierced the center of the ceiling. The hole was sealed in 1828 due to damp drafts that were damaging the paintings in the Rotunda; but there really was a flame in the crypt and there really was a “Keeper of the Crypt”. Just as Dan Brown said. Columns made of Aquia Creek Virginia sandstone and arches support the Rotunda floor. During the early Civil War, the Crypt was used to store flour needed to bake bread for Union soldiers stationed in the nation’s capital. The Crypt contains educational displays of the architectural and historical development of the Capitol, including one of the original sandstone column capitals from the East Front Portico. Posted by Capitol Rotunda (guest) on Mon 01 Mar 2010 10:32:15 PM UTC
	The National City Christian Church and [url=http://dc The circle was originally considered to mark the boundary between the downtown section of 14th Street and the emerging uptown 14th Street neighborhood. Erected in 1879, the statue of General George Henry Thomas was designed by John Quincy Adams Ward. The neoclassical National City Christian Church building was designed by John Russell Pope and completed in 1930. Posted by Thomas Circle in Washington, D.C. (guest) on Mon 01 Mar 2010 10:17:39 PM UTC
	1782 – 1852 Pre-Civil War, era American statesman Daniel Webster negotiated the Webster-Ashburton Treaty defining the Eastern border between the United States and Canada. This statue is located near his former home at 1603 Massachusetts Avenue. The Daniel Webster Memorial consists of a 12-foot (3.7 m) bronze statue of Webster on an 18-foot (5.5 m) granite pedestal in a sober classical style. The statue was sculpted by Gaetano Trentanove. On the east and west sides of the pedestal are bronze bas-relief panels illustrating events in Webster's life. One panel illustrates his suggestion to Senator Robert Hayne that to secede from the Union is illegal. The second panel illustrates Webster's speech at the dedication of the Bunker Hill Monument in Boston. Webster's statement, "Liberty and Union, Now and Forever, One and Inseparable" is engraved on one side of the memorial. Posted by Scott Circle (guest) on Mon 01 Mar 2010 09:55:24 PM UTC
	Coat Of Arms Located at 1600 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036, the Chancery stands directly behind the standing figure of Daniel Webster, the “Expounder of the US Constitution” along Scott Circle. Webster’s statue faces Scott circle from the west. The Statue was donated by Stilson Hutchins, founder of the Washington Post, and unveiled in January 1900 by Jerome Bonaparte, Webster’s great grandson. The classic lines of the Chancery building allows it to blend with the older, imposing buildings along Massachusetts Avenue. It stands alone on the block at the intersection of 17th Street and Massachusetts Avenue, facing the Johns Hopkins University Building, with the Embassy of Peru at the right side and Beacon Hotel at the back, along N Street. Posted by Embassy of the Republic of the Philippines (guest) on Mon 01 Mar 2010 09:42:59 PM UTC
	a universal symbol of hospitality and welcome Unknown to most, each pineapple plant gives its own life to produce a single fruit. Upon its western discovery by Christopher Columbus around 1681, the pineapple has been recognized as a Christian symbol. Around this time, designers and architects began using pineapple finials on church tops, newel posts, hand rails and curtain rod ends. Posted by Pineapple Finial (guest) on Mon 01 Mar 2010 09:35:36 PM UTC
	Por La Razon O La Fuerza "By right or might" National Coat of Arms of the Republic of Chile. Crowned Huemul (local reindeer) and Condor with 5 pointed star and chevron. Posted by Chile (guest) on Mon 01 Mar 2010 09:22:33 PM UTC
	Viceroy of Peru and 2nd Supreme Director of Chile August 20, 1778 - October 24, 1842 Bernardo O'Higgins is know as the Founding Father of Chile. At seventeen years old, Bernardo was sent to London to complete his studies. There, studying history and the arts, Bernardo became acquainted with American ideas of independence and developed a sense of nationalist pride, coming to admire liberalism in the Georgian British model. An idealist and believer in independence, O'Higgins joined a Masonic Lodge established by Miranda, and dedicated himself to achieving the independence of Latin America. Later In 1810, He joined the revolt against the now French-dominated Spanish government. Posted by Bernardo O'Higgins Riquelme (guest) on Mon 01 Mar 2010 09:11:24 PM UTC
	Official Coat of Arms Uzbekistan was incorporated into the Russian Empire in the 19th century and in 1924 became a constituent republic of the Soviet Union, known as the Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic (Uzbek SSR). It has been an independent republic since December 1991. O‘zbekiston Respublikasi Ўзбекистон Республикаси Posted by The Republic of Uzbekistan (guest) on Mon 01 Mar 2010 08:55:34 PM UTC
	Washington DC Sculpture This is a very unique abstract depiction of our Earth: North America, Australia, Central and South America, Africa, Asia, and Europe, all connected as one. Posted by Art World (guest) on Mon 01 Mar 2010 08:45:43 PM UTC
	Psychic Cobbler Have your palm read while you wait for your shoes to be repaired. Posted by Pretty hands and feet (guest) on Mon 01 Mar 2010 07:41:46 PM UTC

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