US Capitol - Carlsbad, CA
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N 33° 07.669 W 117° 18.649
11S E 471006 N 3665500
The US Capitol Building is depicted in Legos at Carlsbad, California's Legoland.
Waymark Code: WME9NW
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 04/23/2012
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This display at Legoland-Carlsbad depicts the US Capitol all decked out for the inauguration in January 2009 of Barack Obama. Flags drape the building as crowds of Lego people look on.
Legoland's website (
visit link) has this to say about the display:
"Every 4 years, the 2 LEGO mini-figures appearing in the presidential motorcade are changed depending on the outcome of the election. So far Bill and Hillary Clinton, George and Laura Bush, and Barack and Michelle Obama have been built and displayed.
It took six people approximately 60 hours to build the mini Vietnam Veterans Memorial. The display is 10-feet-long and made of more than 2,000 LEGO bricks. True to the orientation of the real Vietnam Veterans Memorial in D.C., one wall in the Miniland Memorial faces the Lincoln Monument and one wall faces the Washington Monument. The scene depicts Miniland veterans and tourists visiting the memorial and even includes mini LEGO flowers laid in honor of those who served in Vietnam.
What to look for: In the streets of downtown Washington, there is a man popping out of a manhole cover. When a Miniland vehicle approaches, he ducks out of the way just in time!"