face of the capitol

Posted by e. (New York, NY, United States) on 2 November 2007 in Documentary & Street.

On Wednesday, October 17, the 14th Dalai Lama was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal in honor of his efforts for peace, nonviolence, and universal acceptance. The next few photos will be of that event. Go here to start at the beginning.

Thanks for waiting everyone, now presenting the Dalai Lama! As I explained in the post of Richard Gere, the platform where he actually spoke was very far away from the public seating area for security reasons, so this is him on the large screen. It was an unbearably hot day, so when he stepped up to the podium to speak, he opened his mouth to start, stopped, and went back to where he was sitting where he appeared to be looking for something. Then a Secret Service guy handed this red thing to him, and when he walked back, he good naturedly put it on.

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Photo taken at the Capitol on October 17, 2007.

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