Here we go again,

So this week has been really nice. I went home for the weekend, which was less hectic with the weather not being terrible. I left from Dulles, so I took the Metro to West Church Falls, and then grabbed the Washington Flyer, which even at 5:45 in the evening was a quick trip to the airport. The airport is set up different than Logan and Newark, and it seems like it’s smaller than it actually is. I celebrated my birthday with my family, and my favorite, and we saw a bunch of really good movies.

Monday I spent the entire day traveling back to DC, but Tuesday I went on a tour of the Capitol Building with the Smithsonian Interns. I had gone once before, but they’ve added an orientation video which is really interesting. Our group was really large, so we were able to use those weird headsets so we could all hear her. The rotunda area has 6 large photographs depicting our country’s history and has beautiful artwork at the top of the dome and around the walls higher up on the dome. That also depicts important events in American History and this image was of Lexington Green, on April 19 1775, the first battle of the American Revolution.

Another room we went to was the old Senate room or the Whispering room. The guide was able to turn off the microphone, walk across the room and whisper and we could all here her. On the floor, there was a plaque that noted the location of John Quincy Adams’s desk.

The “tomb” which was intended to be the burial location for George and Martha Washington, but couldn’t be due to their will, contains statues of important people from the 13 original colonies, with the exception of Lincoln’s unfinished head. My state, Massachusetts, had Samuel Adams, the cousin of John Adams.

This week at the Archives Center, grad students from the University of Michigan’s Library school came for their alternative spring break and worked on a collection. It was really helpful to talk to them about where they came from and what they wanted to do after college. One was my age, going to grad school right after undergrad, while the others were returning to school after 7 years. Some of my superiors gave small presentations about what they do, but instead of helping me, they just seemed to show me more options, and I’m still pretty confused.

More next week,
~K