… if you are over 18 with a positive attitude, can spare at least four hours a week, and want to know more about the Washington State Capitol, then you are eligible to work as a volunteer State Capitol Tour Guide or in the Legislative Gift Shop. It’s a great opportunity to make a positive contribution to your community. Watch the Tour Guide video and learn more!
… that you can find real gold in our State Capitol? (To be fair though, there’s so little of it that I used to tell tour groups there is more gold in my grandma’s teeth than in the capitol!) In the State Reception room hang six red French velvet curtains with a gold State Seal in the center. Each seal was hand stitched by a different woman back in the 1920’s, so each of the seals are unique. The thread used to write “The…
… The Washington State Archives was used to crack an unsolved mystery here at the State Capitol. For years, rumor had it that there was only one fatality in the construction of the Legislative Building, but it was never confirmed until recent years. In March of 2007, Tony Aitken, a history instructor at South Puget Sound Community College and a State Capitol Tour Guide, decided to get to the bottom of this rumor. He used the Washington State Archives to…