DAVID STUART, Commissioners
STEPHEN HALLET Architects
COLLEN WILLIAMSON, M. Mason Conrad's hands began to shake as he slipped the silver plate into his coat pocket and looked at the globe.
The fate of the world is in your hands, he marveled, recalling Washington's words. Let's see what the world has to offer me.
He ran his finger along the 40th longitude of the globe, feeling for a seam. When he found it, he traced it to a spring-loaded latch. He pulled the latch and stared in amazement as the globe split open.