Maryland Senate Chamber

Today, Feb.26, Maryland senators discussed proposals for a gun-control bill and are scheduled to consider amendments to the bill Wednesday morning.  Enough of that, this is not a political blog.

On either side of the desk at the front of the chamber are two small maquettes for statues on display in the U.S. Capitol  (click to enlarge the image to see them more clearly).  The one on the right is of Charles Carroll of Carrollton.  I had written about him in an earlier post.  The one on the left is of John Hanson; the first President of the U.S. to serve after the full ratification of the Articles of Confederation.  Then came six more Presidents, each serving one year terms.  So technically, George Washington was not the first President of the U.S., but the first President of the U.S. under the Constitution that we have today.