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Emancipation Hall at the Capitol Visitor Center. The 1857 plaster cast of the Statue of Freedom is in the center flanked by stairs which lead to the Capitol itself. Emancipation Hall is the main hall of the CVC and measures in at 20,000 square feet (1,900 m 2). [12]
Bust of Sojourner Truth (U.S. Capitol) / 38.889; -77.008. Sojourner Truth is a public artwork by Canadian sculptor Artis Lane, located in Emancipation Hall at the United States Capitol Visitor Center in Washington, D.C. It was the first statue honoring an African-American woman in the U.S. Capitol building.
A memorial bust of Truth was unveiled in 2009 in Emancipation Hall in the U.S. Capitol Visitor Center. She is the first African American woman to have a statue in the Capitol building. [9] In 2014, Truth was included in Smithsonian magazine's list of the "100 Most Significant Americans of All Time." [10]
Displayed in the National Statuary Hall and other parts of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C., the collection includes two statues from each state, except for Virginia which currently has one, making a total of 99. On July 2, 1864, Congress established the National Statuary Hall: "States [may] provide and furnish statues, in marble ...
The Statue of Freedom is a colossal bronze figure standing 19⁄ ft (5.9 m) tall and weighing approximately 15,000 pounds (6,800 kg). Her crest peaks at 288 feet (88 m) above the east front plaza of the U.S. Capitol. [ 3] She is an allegorical figure whose right hand holds the hilt of a sheathed sword, while a laurel wreath of victory and the ...
The statue's extraordinary weight of 15,000 pounds (6,800 kg) raised concerns that it might come crashing through the floor, so it was moved to Emancipation Hall of the new Capitol Visitor Center. The 100th, and last statue for the collection, that of Po'pay from the state of New Mexico, was added on September 22, 2005. It was the first statue ...
Kamehameha I. Location. Washington, D.C., United States. Kamehameha I is a bronze sculpture depicting the founder and first ruler of the Kingdom of Hawaii of the same name by Thomas Ridgeway Gould, installed at the United States Capitol Visitor Center 's Emancipation Hall, in Washington, D.C., as part of the National Statuary Hall Collection. A ...
The Emancipation and Freedom Monument, comprises two 12-foot bronze statues depicting a man and a woman carrying an infant, newly freed from slavery. State capital unveils replacement after ...