Edison High School students Brennan Scott, pictured at left, and Ben Kuntz attended the Close Up Program in Washington, D.C., on March 3-8 to view democracy in action by interacting with the people, processes and places that make the federal city so unique. Scott and Kuntz are shown at the Capitol Visitor Center with the Statue of Freedom, a copy of the bronze statue that has been atop the U.S. Capitol since 1863.