Washington State Capitol - July 23rd, 2020
Visit the Washington State Capitol building in Olympia, Washington
The capitol is referred to as the Legislative Building
Looking southwest from the Winged Victory Monument at Cherry Lane
View of the east side from the Insurance Building
Walk around to the south side between the Insurance & Cherberg buildings
Proud of being the 4th tallest masonry dome in the world
View from the sundial south of the Legislative Building
Vertical shot from the same location
Circle around to the SW corner to view the dome & main entrance
One happy capitol worker shows off their new Jeep Gladiator pickup
Circle to the NW corner, not noticing the Governor's Mansion in the trees
Capitol is currently locked up, online interior tours point out this tragedy
Look inside the glass door, to the entrace of circular foyer
Very interesting and still unidentified blue flowering shrub
Enormous Atlas Ceder tree native of northern africa
Westside view of the Winged Victory WWI memorial
The monument was dedicated on Memorial Day 1938
To the memory of the WA state citizens who lost their lives during WWI
The most prominent campus memorial set within the campus drive circle
Monument to former POW and those still MIA, dedicated September 16, 1988
Medal of Honor obelisk further east of the POW/MIA monument
Originally installed in 1976, a 3ft piece was added in 1991 for more names
Names include those born or resided in Washington when they perished
There are now 91 names displayed, with the last two added in 2014
Vietnam Veterans' Memorial, east of the Insurance Building, lists the names of the 1,123 Washingtonians killed or MIA, chronologically from 1963-1975