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RussellCattle

(1,535 posts)
1. Great photo. The Bidens are a class act. Please excuse me though, to ask if anyone...
Mon Jul 27, 2020, 06:40 PM
Jul 2020

....might know anything about the relief sculpture on the wall beyond them? One of the figures looks like a Roman soldier. I hope it doesn't turn out to something we need to take down.

ancianita

(36,055 posts)
2. Do you mean the one in front of them?
Mon Jul 27, 2020, 06:50 PM
Jul 2020

Why would anyone want to take a Roman soldier down? I haven't heard about issues with those. Just sayin'.

RussellCattle

(1,535 posts)
3. Yes. Yes, the one in front of them. The comment about taking it down was tongue in cheek....
Tue Jul 28, 2020, 12:08 AM
Jul 2020

....as if someone, like one of our nut job fundamentalist christian congressmen, might take offense to depicting a pagan Roman soldier on the walls of the capital.

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