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	National Statuary Hall Collection - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The National Statuary Hall Collection in the United States Capitol is comprised of statues donated by individual states to honor persons notable in their history.
		The concept of a National Statuary Hall originated in the middle of the nineteenth century, even before the completion of the present House wing in 1857.
		Originally, all state statues were placed in National Statuary Hall.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/National_Statuary_Hall_Collection (541 words)

	fame
		Statuary Hall was established in 1864, and in 1881 John Brown was selected to represent Kansas as one of the statues, said Diane Good, education specialist at the Kansas State Historical Society.
		In 1885, the funding was arranged by the Soldiers and Sailors National Monument Association.
		It was the Glick statue that the Kansas Legislature in 1971 and 1987 voted to remove from the hall, but the folks in Washington quashed the idea.
	www.cjonline.com /fieldedFiles/011999/fame (784 words)

	joseph hall
		Hall was chosen for two years in succession to read the public lecture on rhetoric in the schools, and in 1595 became fellow of his college.
		Mrs Hall had difficulty in securing a fifth of the maintenance (~4oo) assigned to the bishop by the parliament; they were eventually ejected from the palace, and the cathedral was dismantled.
		Hall retired to the village of Higham, near Norwich, where he spent the time preaching and writing until he was first forbidden by man, and at last disabled by God.
	www.fact-library.com /joseph_hall.html (1598 words)

	John Gorrie
		Gorrie represents Florida with his statue placed in the National Statuary Hall in Washington D. ¹Gorrie was born on the Island of Nevis on October 3, 1802, and spent his childhood in South Carolina.
		Statuary Hall in Washington D. An early pioneer in the invention of the artificial manufacture of ice, refrigeration, and air conditioning, was granted the first U.S. Patent for mechanical refrigeration in 1851.
		Reflecting on his troubles, he concluded that mechanical refrigeration "had been found in advance of the wants of the country." Suffering from a nervous collapse and devastated by failure, he died in 1855 at age 51.
	www.dejaelaine.com /gorrie.html (689 words)

	Washington DC - National Statuary Hall
		THE NATIONAL STATUARY HALL is entered at the south door from the Rotunda.
		This beautiful hall was occupied by the House of Representatives until the new legislative hall, in the house extension, was completed.
		Under the arch near the dome is a large plaster figure of Liberty, by Causici, and beneath it is the American eagle with outspread wings sculptured in stone by Valperti.
	www.oldandsold.com /articles08/washington-dc-9.shtml (403 words)

	National Statuary Hall - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Hall is built in the shape of an ancient amphitheater and is one of the earliest examples of Greek revival architecture in America.
		As the collection expanded, however, it outgrew the Hall, and in 1933, Congress authorized the display of the statues throughout the building for both aesthetic and structural reasons.
		The hall, also known as the Old Hall of the House, is the large, two-story, semicircular room south of the Rotunda.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/National_Statuary_Hall (1124 words)

	Congressman Jim Gibbons Weekly Update
		The National Statuary Hall Collection in the United States Capitol is comprised of statues donated by individual states to honor persons notable in their history.
		In addition, our nation continues to fight the war against terrorism, and I stand ready to work with my colleagues to ensure our troops have all the resources they need to be victorious.
		In February 2004, Benjamin Victor was chosen as the sculptor for the larger-than-life bronze statue.
	wwwc.house.gov /gibbons/display-newsletter.asp?id=85 (1122 words)

	NSLA - Historical Myth a Month - Getting the Facts Down Pat
		Congress created National Statuary Hall in the same year Nevada became a state, 1864, and authorized each state to submit two statues.
		Of much greater importance is the false assertion on the Statuary Hall website that as "a champion of the working class, he sponsored the country's first law limiting the working day to eight hours" during his one term as a Silver-Democratic State Assemblyman from Washoe County in 1903.
		On March 9, 2005, a statue of native daughter Sarah Winnemucca (1844-1891), a Northern Paiute Indian activist, was dedicated in Statuary Hall.
	dmla.clan.lib.nv.us /docs/nsla/archives/myth/myth64.htm (1030 words)

	Statuary Hall -- Britannica Student Encyclopedia
		Outstanding United States citizens chosen by each state are commemorated in the National Statuary Hall at the Capitol in Washington, D.C. The space was formerly the hall of the House of Representatives.
		In recognition of his missionary work, Father Damien was nominated for a place of honor for Hawaii in the National Statuary Hall in 1965.
		In 1925 she was elected to the National Academy of Sciences and became a member of the...
	www.britannica.com /ebi/article-9277218 (722 words)

	USATODAY.com - Eisenhower's path to Statuary Hall is clear
		Statuary Hall holds only 38 of the collection's 97 statues — Nevada, New Mexico and North Dakota are represented by one statue each — and the others are arranged throughout the Capitol.
		The Lawrence, Kan., artist is best known for sculpting several soldiers in the National D-Day Memorial in Bedford, Va., which President Bush dedicated June 6, 2001.
		An Army general born in Denison, Texas, and reared in Abilene, Kan., Eisenhower led the Allied invasion of Europe and went on to become the nation's 34th president.
	www.usatoday.com /news/washington/2003-01-25-statue-swap_x.htm (573 words)

	Colonial Hall: Biography of Samuel Adams, Page 1
		Samuel Adams: From the National Statuary Hall Collection at the U.S. Capitol
		In respect to his private business, this was an unfortunate trait of character; but most fortunate for his country, since he thus acquired an extensive knowledge of those principles of national liberty, which he afterwards asserted with so much energy, in opposition to the arbitrary conduct of the British government.
		Among those who signed the Declaration of Independence, and were conspicuous in the revolution, there existed, of course, a great diversity of intellectual endowments; nor did all render to their country, in those perilous days, the same important services.
	www.colonialhall.com /adamss/adamss.php (436 words)

	Morrill and Edmunds (1866) Report of Hon. Justin S. Morrill and Hon. George F. Edmunds, commissioners for Vermont on the National Statuary Hall in the Capitol, at Washington
		George F. Edmunds, commissioners for Vermont on the National Statuary Hall in the Capitol, at Washington
	www.getcited.org /pub/103265252 (32 words)

	The United States Capitol
		There are ninety-seven statues in the National Statuary Hall Collection.
		The Hall of Columns is over 100 ft. long.
		The third floor allows visitors access to areas from which one may see the proceedings of the House and Senate when it is in session.
	www.carteretcountyschools.org /aes/dc/USCapitol.htm (676 words)

	Sacagawea statue will join others in nation's Capitol - billingsgazette.com
		Her statue in the national hall leaves Nevada and New Mexico as the only states without a second statue to the collection.
		The architect of the nation's Capitol had to give special approval for the Sacagawea statue because it depicts two people - also a first in the national hall, Pomeroy said.
		To make room for her, Burke's statue likely will be moved from Statuary Hall to join others elsewhere in the Capitol, Pomeroy said.
	www.billingsgazette.com /index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2003/10/12/build/nation/55-statue.inc (769 words)

	Tales of a Stone Pilgrim
		I had run across references to the Statuary Hall while researching the statues of Hawaii.
		So the main hall carries one each of the statues, and the others are scattered around nearby hallways.
		The works have to be done in either marble or bronze and must be donated by the states, and not by individuals or organizations.
	blogs.salon.com /0003346/2004/02/23.html (313 words)

	PEACE PARTY - Stereotype of the Month contest
		Johnson told the audience Fragua will be the first American Indian to create a piece for the National Statuary Hall, and his statue will depict the oldest figure chronologically in the exhibit.
		When completed, Fragua's piece will be sent to the National Statuary Hall in the U.S Capitol in Washington, D.C. "This occasion celebrates many firsts for New Mexico," Gov. Gary Johnson told the crowd gathered outside Fragua's Singing Stone Studio.
		Clifford Fragua, a Jemez Pueblo artist who has been commissioned to create the artwork for the National Statuary Hall in the nation’s Capitol, can’t say how many hours have gone into the artwork.
	www.bluecorncomics.com /stype254.htm (1918 words)

	U.S. Capitol - National Statuary Hall
		The Statuary Hall is visited by thousands of tourists each day and is used for ceremonial occasions.
		Each state is allowed to display two statues in the U.S. Capitol, and most statues are displayed in the Rotunda for a period of six months following their unveiling and then moved to other areas of the Capitol.
	www.davidpride.com /USA/DC/DC_023.htm (66 words)

	Kids in the House - Field Trip!
		It is up to the state to decide which statue they would like to be placed in the National Statuary Hall Collection.
		The Splendid Hall: Statuary Hall, also known as Splendid Hall, was the original House Chamber.
		Statuary Hall - A History: Once the House outgrew their old chamber, how did it become Statuary Hall?
	clerkkids.house.gov /trip/hall.html (188 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Nation -- Alabama first lady targeting Helen Keller statue for Capitol
		On Wednesday at Statuary Hall, Nevada was installing a new statue of Sarah Winnemucca, a 19th-century translator who was a bridge between Indians and settlers.
		Statuary Hall is, in my opinion, keeping up with the times."
		The state's other statue, installed in 1925, is of Joseph "Fighting Joe" Wheeler, an officer in the Confederate Army and later the U.S. Army.
	www.signonsandiego.com /news/nation/20050309-1534-kellerstatue.html (413 words)

	Illinois Statues in the National Statuary Hall
		Her statue was the first honoring a woman to be chosen for the National Statuary Hall Collection.
		Given in 1905 - located in Statuary Hall.
		She became associated in the evangelist movement with Dwight Moody and was elected president of the National Women's Temperance Union in 1879.
	www.dewaltmechlindar.org /capstatues.html (499 words)

	Indianz.Com > News > Paiute activist takes place at National Statuary Hall
		With those praises, Winnemucca took her place as an official representative of the state of Nevada at the National Statuary Hall.
		The 7-foot bronze sculpture is the 99th statue to join the national hall.
		The statue is the only one in the hall created by an enrolled tribal member, Cliff Fragua of Jemez Pueblo.
	www.indianz.com /News/2005/006944.asp?print=1 (633 words)

	Samuel Adams
		You are in: Museum of History >> Hall of USA >> National Statuary Hall >> Samuel Adams
		By such stages was formed the revolutionary government that declared the independence of the United States and administered the affairs of the new nation until 1789.
		His only son, Samuel, was graduated at Harvard College in 1771, studied medicine with the famous Dr. Joseph Warren, served as surgeon in the army throughout the war, and thereby ruined his health and died in 1788.
	www.georgemason.net /theDeclarationofIndependence.or...nklin.org/samueladams.org (4886 words)

	Geringer Signs Legislation Authorizing 2nd Statue in Statuary Hall in US Capitol
		National Statuary Hall houses a part of the Capitol's collection of statues donated by the individual states in commemoration of their notable citizens.
		Joining Governor Geringer in the historic signing were many descendants of the famous Chief including his great granddaughter Zedora Enos and his great grandson Pat Washakie.
		Morris, known as "The Mother of Woman Suffrage", was elected the first female Justice of the Peace.
	wyoming.gov /governor/press_releases/1997/february_1997/text_washaki.html (577 words)

	Capitol Receives First Statue of Minority Woman
		The likeness of the trail-blazer will be the first sculpted representation of a nonwhite woman to win a permanent spot in National Statuary Hall, the semi-circular room just south of the Rotunda and the home of 97 statues representing each of the 50 states.
		The statue is the first of a minority woman to be given a permanent spot in National Statuary Hall.
		Her arrival is timed to mark the 200th anniversary of the arrival of Lewis and Clark to the land that is now known as North Dakota.
	www.womensenews.org /article.cfm/dyn/aid/1563 (1027 words)

	Indianz.Com > News > Pueblo leader completes National Statuary Hall
		Cliff Fragua, from Jemez Pueblo, was chosen by the New Mexico Statuary Hall Commission to create a likeness of the revolt leader out of Tennessee marble.
		Tribal, state and national leaders hailed the achievements of a man whose role in the Pueblo Revolt of 1680 preserved the Pueblo way of life for future generations.
		The statue is the 100th, and final, to be placed in the hall.
	www.indianz.com /News/2005/010448.asp (949 words)

	Representative Michael McCaul, Proudly Serving the People of the 10th District of Texas
		Attractions in the Capitol include the Rotunda, National Statuary Hall, Old Supreme Court Chamber, and the chambers of the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate.
		The tour includes the Hall of States, the Hall of Nations, the main theaters as well as the artwork within the Kennedy Center.
		From the interactive exhibits at the International Spy Museum to the solemn memorials in Arlington National Cemetery, Washington, DC and the surrounding area has something for visitors of all ages.
	www.house.gov /mccaul/tourinfo.shtml (763 words)

	Alaska : AK
		The National Statuary Hall of the United States of America is part of the Capitol in Washington DC.
		Many acres of Alaska are managed by the federal government as National Forests, National parks, and National Wildlife Refuges.
		There are places in Alaska that are general public lands (BLM land) but they are arguably more spectacular than many national parks in the Lower 48.
	www.eurofreehost.com /ak/AK_3.html (342 words)

	Nevada Writers Hall of Fame: Sarah Winnemucca
		In 1864, Congress established the National Statuary Hall in the Old Hall of the House of Representatives in the United States Capitol and authorized each state to contribute two statues of its distinguished citizens to the collection.
		The dedication ceremony for the statue was held at the National Statuary Hall on March 9, 2005.
		In 1994, she was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame in Seneca Falls, New York.
	www.library.unr.edu /friends/hallfame/winnemuc.html (2749 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Nation -- N.M. has distinction of putting finishing touch on statue collection U.S. Capitol's National Statuary Hall
		But Po'pay, a Pueblo Indian, organized what some historians call "the first American revolution" – a bloody rebellion in 1680 against the Spaniards – and soon will be honored with a statue in the U.S. Capitol's National Statuary Hall.
		If you are one of those people, we'd like to follow you on your travels as you survey all the deals out there.
		JEMEZ PUEBLO, N.M. – He is an unlikely looking revolutionary, his only armor a deerskin cloak draped over his bare chest, his sole weapon a knotted rope.
	www.signonsandiego.com /news/nation/20050519-0257-puebloleader-statue.html (432 words)

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