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| In Raleigh we visited their capital which was, according to my recollection, where the legislature was the first to declare independence from England and then to secede from the union almost a hundred years later. It is shown above, here and below. It is too small for the legislature now, they have a 60's style building for the legislature. Just across the street from the state capital is the North Carolina Museum of History shown below. |
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| Just outside the North Carolina Museum of History is a copy of the Liberty Bell, one of fifty made and given to the different states. While we were there a kid noticed that the striker was hanging free and rang the bell (no cracks, either). It was hot that day (no surprises there) so we would alternate visiting museums to cool off and seeing outdoor stuff. All of the museums were free which really helped. Above and here is a volunteer in Civil War clothes who demonstrated their equipment and such. Below is the Executive Mansion. They do tours of it, but you have to make reservations well in advance and so I just took the picture below (it was Sunday). Across the mall from the Museum of History was the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences is the largest natural history museum in the Southeastern United States. Below is a picture of Eric with the mouth (and teeth) of a great white shark. |
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| They had a display of a whale skeleton shown here and below. They also had a way cool skeleton of a giant tree sloth (below). |
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| There was also a model of a dinosaur and a skeleton of a Tyrannosaurus Rex. They had many impressive buildings. Also below is the Raleigh Memorial Auditorium. |
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