Capitol Lens: Waving Goodbye

By Douglas Graham

Posted July 6, 2012 at 3:05pm

Flags displayed at “A Capitol Fourth,” the annual Independence Day concert held on the West Front of the Capitol, wait to be removed the day after the festivities.

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