Steven Allen Adams – Conversations with Myself

Fellow journalists Grant Bosse of New Hampshire Watchdog and Bill Osmulski of the Maclver News Service in Wisconsin. We were riding on the undergound rail cars that connect the Senate/House office building to the U.S. Capitol. I had heard of these but never seen one.

This is the old U.S. Supreme Court chambers on the first floor if the U.S. Capitol. There is where the highest court in the land met from 1810 to 1860. Another thing I didn’t realize still existed.

This is the world famous painting depicting the committee tasked with creating the Declaration of Independence. My ancestor John Adams is the the gentleman on the left, behind Benjamin Franklin. If it wasn’t for Adams, Thomas Jefferson probably would have never been picked to pen the famous document.

The Apotheosis of Washington, which adorns the ceiling of the Rotunda. One of my favorite works of art. The outer ring depicts scenes from American history, showing various Greek gods helping out.

This is a plaster copy of the statue that sits on top of the Capitol dome. Lady Liberty in all her glory.

Me in front of the White House. Our hotel was right down the street, so we had plenty of opportunities to walk by this grand structure.

I already showed this picture in my blog post below, but I can’t stress enough that, while the W.Va. Capital Press Corps is dragging their feet on my application for credentials, I am a credentialed member of the Capitol Hill Press Corps. Suck it Matt Lauer!

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