It looks like a castle, and it's across the street from the Mississippi River. Awesome!
The grand staircase
It's beautiful, inside and out! Just look at this ceiling!
Who is that in there???
Oh, it's Matt and Laura!
These big windows are in either the Senate chamber or the House chamber. (I don't remember).
Dad found a red spotlight and couldn't resist it!
We found a Chevron plaque, and Jordan proudly posed for a picture.
As we hurried through the exhibits, the only piece of information about these people that I got was that Sarah Morgan's (the girl figure here) ghost is thought to be in the building. I'll have to go back to get further details.
Jordan found a display on Earl K. Long, himself! Wow!
Dad loves a good desk.
There was quite a bit of space in the museum on Huey Long. One exhibit compared the good he did with the bad he did. I had to zoom right by it all, so I can't tell you anything that I learned.
But I do know that he was assassinated, and I did take the time to read this tidbit of information. The room with this plaque had the mournful dirge playing in it; it was neat to hear.
Claire liked seeing these hands!
At this point we were politely asked to leave the building because it was closing time. But we were able to get some pictures outside before they closed the grounds, too!
As we walked back to the cars, we stopped by some fountains. Claire had fun seeing them, and she also liked seeing some dogs that were nearby. (They and their owners had stopped at the fountains, too; there weren't just wild dogs roaming the streets of downtown Baton Rouge!)
When we reached the car, I couldn't help but stand in the middle of the road and take this picture of the current capitol building. The day seemed to have come full circle!
