Photoblog!

This weekend was so busy. Saturday morning I went out with 3 of my roommates to the Spy Museum and the National Portrait Gallery. I took tons of pictures and had such a great time in Chinatown! The Portrait Gallery was really my favorite thing so far, better than all the other museums I have seen. I even found my ancestor Salmon P. Chase in the American History collection.

Here are some pictures from the weekend...

This is Me, Juliet, Lori and Abby, all tech interns.

We were so excited to see this horse! It is just like the one that is on the Texas Tech Campus.

These stain glass windows were so gorgeous, both show a peacock

Here is Salmon P. Chase, the information next to the picture says "As a lawyer and antislavery leader in Ohio, Salmon P. Chase was known as the "attorney general" for runaway slaves. In 1855 he cast his lot with the new Republican Party and soon vied with William Henry Seward for its leadership. A candidate for the party's presidential nomination in 1860, he lost to Abraham Lincoln but was named Secretary of the Treasury in the new cabinet.

Although Chase helped to write the Emancipation Proclamation, his relations with Lincoln became strained. The personal antagonism between Chase and Secretary of State Seward weakened the cabinet, and that, combined with Chase's insatiable desire to become president, eventually led to her replacement. In 1864 Lincoln appointed him Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, where he showed political wisdom in handling constitutional problems created by the Civil War and Reconstruction.

He was also instrumental in placing the phrase "In God We Trust" on the United States currency.

As you can tell, I had an amazing time. =] Today was a great day too, I went out with Lori to Dupont Circle. We just decided to walk around and see where we ended up. We went from Dupont, to an area around Adams Morgan and to the National Zoo! They had some awesome animals, but the panda bears were not out today. BOO! I think we plan to go back sometime soon since its free. I love being in DC where almost every museum or site is free.

Well here comes another week of work! I don't know if I will have much to blog about but maybe something exciting will pop up, that seems to happen a lot in DC.