Mary Alison in the Tennessee State Senate

Mary Alison spent the day as a page for Senator Raymond Finney in Nashville when the State Senate met. We drove down early that morning and arrived in Nashville at lunch time. It was freezing. As we drive across the Cumberland Plateau, the outside temperature (according to the car) was 17 degrees F and it snowed off and on the whole time. We stopped at the outlet mall in Lebanon so that I could get some long johns to wear under my pants. The wind was so terribly freezing that the lining on my pants felt like ice! We had lunch at Ramoes and it was fantastic. Mary Alison was scheduled to meet with Senator Finney in his office at 1:30. He talked with us and gave her a Tennesse Blue Book and took some photos. His intern then took us to the Capitol building and showed us around then took us to the Senate chambers and Mary Alison was given directions about what to do. She sat with Senator Finney on the Senate floor and was introduced to the rest of the Senate (Greg and I were in the "peanut gallery"!) She pushed the voting button when a voting issue arose. It was a great experience. PHOTOS