The Statue of Freedom atop the United States Capitol. This photo was taken September 8, 2001. It’s not the sharpest photograph ever of the statue, though not too bad for a hand-held 10X optical zoom. I just happen to like the blue sky and that I took it three days before 9-11. It’s today’s photo because the inscription on the base is E Pluribus Unum (Out of Many, One). The phrase was once considered the motto of the United States, but alas is now forgotten by some Americans altogether.
