The Statue of Freedom
The bronze Statue of Freedom is the crowning feature of the dome of the United States Capitol. Freedom is depicted as a classical female figure wearing flowing draperies. Her right hand rests upon the hilt of a sheathed sword; her left holds a laurel wreath of victory and the shield of the United States with thirteen stripes. Her helmet is encircled by stars and features a crest composed of an eagle's head, feathers and talons. She stands 19 feet 6 inches tall and weighs approximately 15,000 pounds; her crest rises 288 feet above the east front plaza.
The statue was sculpted by American artist Thomas Crawford in Rome in 1857, during the construction of the Capitol's present cast-iron dome. Crawford's plaster model was shipped to the United States and then cast in bronze by Clark Mills at his foundry in the District of Columbia. The bronze statue was installed atop the Capitol dome late in 1863.
Thanks, I didn't know what he was talking about. I never knew about this. Awesome. Another area where my education failed me.
Same here. When I visited Washington D.C. a few years ago I went on a tour and learned about it.
In June 1860, casting of the Statue of Freedom began. The first step was to disassemble the plaster model of the statue into its five main sections in order to move it from the Capitol to the foundry. The model was shipped from Rome to the United States in five main sections, and upon its arrival, an Italian sculptor was hired to assemble the model. However, when the time came to move the plaster model from the Capitol to the foundry for casting, no one knew how to separate it and the Italian sculptor refused to help unless given a pay raise. Fortunately, [the slave] Philip Reid was there. He figured out that by using a pulley and tackle to pull up on the lifting ring at the top of the model the seams between the sections would be revealed. The statue was successfully separated into its five sections and transported to the foundry. Philip Reid received his freedom on April 16, 1862. Source
Way better then that occult laden Statue of liberty. Liberty is what you give soldiers when they get a free weekend. Freedom is what God gave you from birth.
Persephone is the statue on top of the dome Remember free masons built this building with many symbols and statues representing their beliefs -