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Thank you Stephen! I really enjoy these gems that your share! I have a view from my apartment on Pennsylvania Avenue of the Capitol. It is always in my sight and I feel as if I have a relationship with your office. When the flags are up on either House and the light is not shining at night atop the dome, I make a call to your offices and am always greeted with a quick "light on" when appropriate. You are so lucky to be the protector of this treasured building!
Dear Mr. Ayers, Thanks for sharing your discovery of the image of George Washington on Clio's car of history. Clio is a more benevolent image than Father Time, who carries all before him from his perch above the Main Reading Room at the Library of Congress. Even though he's not driving a chariot, when I see it, I recall Andrew Marvell: "But at my back, I always hear Time's winged chariot hurrying near."_x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_
What a place to work! Thanks for all that you do to preserve our country's history.
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