Capitals of the States

Coincidently, we are visiting 3 capitals on this portion of the trip.  Given that it’s been a few years since I had to memorize state capitals in 8^th grade, I didn’t’ realize we were visiting so many capitals.  We already visited the capital of Florida, which is Tallahassee.  Now we’re in Columbia, the capital of South Carolina.  We plan to stop in Atlanta, the capital of Georgia, later in the trip.

The Florida Capital in Tallahassee is unique.  An older and restored capital building sits with the typical dome.  However the new capital building is right behind it and looks like a 23 story high office building.  The view from the top is supposed to be excellent and is open to the public.  Unfortunately it’s closed on weekends so we missed it.

Columbia is full of large state government buildings.  Here’s the South Carolina State House. Besides the Civil War statues, there are bronze stars to remember where General Sherman’s cannonballs hit the outer wall.  No thoughts of just fixing the damage, but instead let's show where those Yankees hit us.  To top it off, there is a Confederate flag proudly flying !!! This is the deep South.  As one of those Yankees, we didn't feel welcome enough to stop but just drove past.