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The sculpture of Freedom – conjointly referred to as Armed Freedom or just Freedom -c could be a bronze sculpture designed by Thomas Crawford that, since 1863, has topped the dome of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.. Originally named Freedom Triumphant in War and Peace, official U.S. Government publications currently state that the sculpture “is formally referred to as the sculpture of Freedom”. The sculpture depicts a feminine figure holding a clad weapon in her mitt and a laurel wreath and protect in her paw.
Freedom could be a large bronze standing figure 19½-feet (6 meters) tall and consideration just about fifteen,000 pounds (6,800 kg). Her crest peaks at 288 feet (88 meters) on top of the east front plaza of the U.S. Capitol. She could be a feminine allegoric figure whose mitt holds the hold of a clad weapon whereas a laurel wreath of ending and therefore the protect of the us area unit clasped in her paw. The heraldic protect is that the same as within the stamp of the us, with 13 stripes, except that the chief has stars (again, thirteen). Her chiton is secured by a brooch inscribed “U.S.” and is partly coated by a significant, Native American-style fringed blanket thrown over her left shoulder. She faces east towards the most entrance of the building as a result of that was the initial main entrance to the U.S. Capitol. She wears a military helmet adorned with stars And AN eagle’s head that is itself topped by an umbrella-like crest of feathers. Freedom stands atop a iron globe encircled with one amongst the national mottoes, E pluribus unum. The lower a part of the bottom is adorned with allegory and wreaths. 10 bronze points tipped with atomic number 78 area unit hooked up to her wear, shoulders, and protect for defense from lightning.
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