Below: The Raleigh skyline as the two RV Gypsies approached downtown Raleigh, the City of Oaks. Raleigh is the capital of North Carolina and the 2nd most populous city in NC. Most of Raleigh is located within Wake County, with a very small portion extending into Durham County.

Below: Karen Duquette photographed several murals as they drove by.

On May 23, 1987, the North Carolina Vietnam Veterans Memorial was dedicated on the grounds of the State Capitol in Raleigh. Entitled "After the Firefight," the memorial honors the more than 206,000 men and women of the state who served in the Vietnam War. Designed by Abbe Godwin of Colfax in Guilford County, the monument depicts two soldiers carrying a wounded comrade to a nearby landing zone to await medical help. The clothing and equipment of the soldiers portrayed were sculptured from items loaned to the artist by Vietnam Veterans. The monument was the first to be sculpted by a woman. You can learn more from the link below.

Above quote from https://www.ncdcr.gov/blog/2014/05/23/vietnam-monument-at-state-capitol-dedicated-1987

The North Carolina State Capitol has been the active capitol building of the state since it opened in June of 1840.

The North Carolina State Capitol building is a Greek Revival-style architecture. The two RV Gypsies took pictures from several angles.

Below: The Memorial to Veterans of World War I and World War II and the Korean War.

Below: On each side of the Memorial to Veterans of WWI, WW II, and the Korean War, there was a plaque with an Eternal Flame.

Below: There was also a column with a flag and the symbol for each of the USA Military branches. Karen Duquette only photographed the Navy one.

Below: On the East side of the capitol sits a statue of the three Presidents of the United States who were from North Carolina - James Knox Polk of Mecklenburg County, Andrew Jackson of Union County sitting on a horse, and Andrew Johnson of Wake County.

Below: A Statue of George Washington

Below: Samuel A'Court Ashe, patriot soldier

Below: Worth Bagley, Ensign, USN - first Fallen 1898

In the two monuments below, every letter U was written as a Letter V

I would have all our people believe
in their power to accomplish as much as can be
done anywhere on earth by any people.

The equal right of every child born on earth
to have the opportunity to burgeon out
all there is within him.

If there be a people on earth given to sober second thought, amenable to reason and regardful of their plighted honor,
I believe that it is the people of N.C.

The subjection of every passion and prejudice
to the cooler sway of judgment and reason,
when the common welfare is concerned
is the first victory to be won.

Below: The Law and Justice Building

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