Iowa State Capitol

Des Moines IA – September 2021

The Iowa State Capitol is quite beautiful – 5 domes!
Women’s Suffrage in Iowa.
Rear view of the capitol.
Another Abraham Lincoln statue is still standing!
The Rotunda.
The flag and emblems at the top of the rotunda are suspended from the top.
Senate chamber.
House of Representatives chamber.
Iowa Supreme Court.
Beautiful architecture.
Very old water fountain.
This mural, “Westward”, symbolizes the Pioneers, led by the spirits of Civilization and Enlightenment, to the conquest of the Great West by cultivation. The mural depicts a Prairie Schooner drawn by oxen across the prairie, with a family and other pioneers, through growth of stalks.
Model of the battleship U.S.S. Iowa in the lobby.
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