Thursday, August 11, 2011

Is the statue that set on the capitol dome of an African American slave and not a native american.?

The Statue of Freedom aka Armed Freedom aka Freedom and originally called Freedom Triumphant in War and Peace is neither.She is a a female allegorical figure who holds a sheathed sword in her right hand and a laurel wreath of victory and the shield of the United States with thirteen stripes in her left hand. She symbolically faces east so that the sun never sets on the face of freedom.[2] She wears a helmet adorned with stars and an eagle's head. A brooch inscribed "U.S." secures her fringed robes. She stands on a cast-iron globe encircled with one of the national mottoes, E pluribus unum. The lower part of the base is decorated with fasces and wreaths. Ten bronze points tipped with platinum are attached to her headdress, shoulders, and shield for protection from lightning. The bronze statue stands 19 feet 6 inches (6 m) tall and weighs approximately 15,000 pounds (6,800 kg). Her crest rises 288 feet (88 m) above the east front plaza.

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