"Though you travel the world over to find the beautiful,

unless you carry it within you, you find it not." R.W.Emerson

Mrs. Marona goes to Washington!  Check it out...
		Do you know this Library?
		In June 2007, Mrs. Marona took a trip to Washington, D.C.  where she visited the Library of Congress.  The Library of Congress, which was founded in the year 1800, owns more books than any other library in the whole world !  It also houses maps, photos, tapes, videos, music, and other materials.  Read more about the LOC and check out their online resources at www.loc.gov.  To the left is a picture of the Main Reading Room of the Library of Congress.

Below:  (Left) Dome of the Library of Congress ~ (Middle) Dome of the U.S.Capitol    Can you identify the monument below?

Nancy Pearl, the Librarian Action Figure,

also went to D.C. this summer!  Here she is

looking out the window of the airplane.                             Suffrage Monument in Capitol Rotunda honoring Elizabeth Cady Stanton,

                                                                                               Susan B. Anthony, Lucretia Mott - The uncut piece of marble is

                                                                                               awaiting the first female president.  We've been learning about

                                                                                               elections and the electoral college while reading this FRA selection: