THE BLUE ONION

FOR ME AS A YOUNG CHILD SEEING THE BLUE ONION WAS AN EXOTIC STRUCTURE. COMING FROM THE COUNTRY I HAD NEVER SEEN ANYTHING QUITE LIKE IT. IT WAS ALSO INDICATION THAT OUR LONG RIDE TO MY UNCLE'S HOUSE WAS COMING TO AN END.

THE BLUE ONION IS A LAND MARK IN OUR STATE CAPITOL WHICH CAN BE SEEN BY ALL WHO DRIVE THROUGH THE STATE. THE ONION SITS ON TOP OF THE COLT ARMORY BUILDING WHERE FIREARMS WERE MANUFACTURED IN THE MID 1800's. THE BULB, ABOVE WHICH IS A GUILDED RAMPANT COLT, WAS BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN CONSTRUCTED FOR MAKING A DISTINCTIVE AND MEMORABLE MARKETING STATEMENT. LITTLE DID SAMUEL COLT KNOW THAT IT WOULD BE MAKING A STATEMENT FOR YEARS TO COME. OR DID HE?