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	Statue of Freedom
		The bronze Statue of Freedom by Thomas Crawford is the crowning feature of the dome of the United States Capitol.
		Crawford was commissioned to design the Statue of Freedom in 1855 and executed the plaster model for the statue in his studio in Rome.
		The Statue of Freedom was returned to its pedestal by helicopter on October 23, 1993, amidst the congressional celebration of the bicentennial of the U.S. Capitol.
	www.aoc.gov /cc/art/freedom.cfm (908 words)

	Statue of Freedom - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Statue of Freedom is a bronze statue sculpted by Thomas Crawford, placed atop the dome of the United States Capitol in Washington, DC.
		Freedom is a female 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.
		The Statue of Freedom was returned to its pedestal by helicopter on October 23, 1993, amidst the congressional celebration of the bicentennial of the U.S. Capitol.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Statue_of_Freedom (798 words)

	Encyclopedia topic: Statue of Freedom (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		For many years, most people thought that Freedom was a Native American (Any member of the peoples living in North or South America before the Europeans arrived) figure because of the eagle feathers on her helmet and the difficulty of seeing her from ground level.
		Crawford was commissioned to design the Statue of Freedom in 1855 and executed the plaster model for the statue in his studio in Rome (Capital and largest city of Italy; on the Tiber; seat of the Roman Catholic Church; formerly the capital of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire).
		The Statue of Freedom was returned to its pedestal by helicopter on October 23, 1993, amidst the congressional celebration of the bicentennial (The 200th anniversary (or the celebration of it)) of the U.S. Capitol.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/s/st/statue_of_freedom.htm (895 words)

	Individual Freedom Encyclopedia Article, Description, History and Biography @ SomethingPersonal.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The French philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau asserted that the condition of freedom was inherent to humanity, an inevitable facet of the possession of a soul and sapience, with the implication that all social interactions subsequent to birth imply a loss of freedom, voluntarily or involuntarily.
		Freedom of speech is similar to freedom of information, but refers to a general lack of such restrictions (on the creation, use, modification and dissemination of ideas) in a society by the government or those that hold power in that society.
		Freedom of thought is also known as freedom of conscience and refers to the right of an individual to hold a particular thought or viewpoint regardless of those held by others.
	somethingpersonal.com /encyclopedia/Individual_freedom (1027 words)

	Statue of Freedom (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		A monumental statue for the top of the national Capitol appeared in Architect Thomas U. Walter 's original drawing for the new cast-iron dome, which was authorized in 1855.
		Statue Find 'a revelation' A man-size statue of Baal Addir, the Phoenician god of the dead, has been found in an ancient tomb in southern Sardinia.
		Roger Williams Statue Marble by Franklin Simmons in the National Statuary Hall in Washington, D.C. commemorates Williams as a champion of religious freedom.
	www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-Statue_of_Freedom.html (1068 words)

	Statue of Liberty National Monument (U.S. National Park Service)
		Located on a 12 acre island, the Statue of Liberty Enlightening the World was a gift of friendship from the people of France to the people of the United States and is a universal symbol of freedom and democracy.
		The Statue of Liberty was dedicated on October 28, 1886, designated as a National Monument in 1924 and restored for her centennial on July 4, 1986.
		Ellis Island is part of the Statue of Liberty National Monument.
	www.nps.gov /stli (430 words)

	Encyclopedia: Freedom (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Statue of Liberty is a symbol of freedom recognized throughout the world.
		The Statue of Liberty (dedicated on October 28, 1886), in full Liberty Enlightening the World, is an allegorical statue, given to the United States by the French Third Republic in the late 19th century, standing at the mouth of the Hudson River in New York Harbor as a welcome to...
		Freedom House, a non-profit, nonpartisan organization, is a clear voice for democracy and freedom around the world.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Freedom (286 words)

	About The CyberNation of Freedom - The Statue of Liberty
		The Statue of Liberty, along with the CyberNation Freedom Flag, are the central emblems of The CyberNation of Freedom.
		The Statue of Liberty was originally called 'Liberty Enlightening the World' and was given to the United States by France to honor the centennial of the United States Declaration of Independence and the alliance of France with the American colonies during the American Revolution.
		The Statue of Liberty was formally unveiled in New York harbor on October 28, 1886.
	www.cybernationoffreedom.com /liberty.html (268 words)

	The Statue of Freedom finalists - SouthAfrica.info (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Now the Statue of Freedom for Nelson Mandela Bay in the Eastern Cape is one step closer to completion, with two finalists selected for a structure that will express the spirit of freedom and celebrate the life and work of Nelson Mandela.
		The Statue of Freedom is intended as a catalyst for the revitalisation of Port Elizabeth, which is part of the Nelson Mandela Metro.
		The idea of an iconic monument to freedom in South Africa originated with a 1997 proposal by a group of Port Elizabeth businessmen to erect a 55-metre-high statue of Nelson Mandela in Port Elizabeth.
	southafrica.info /what_happening/arts_entertainment/freedomstatue.htm (1184 words)

	The Statue of Freedom and the Story Behind It
		The Bronze statue surmounting the Dome of the United States Capitol, and facing to the East, is officially known as the Statue of Freedom.
		Crawford was commissioned to design the Statue of Freedom in 1855 and executed the model for the statue in his studio in Rome.
		The return of the Statue of Freedom to her perch atop the dome was engineered by Erickson Air-Crane Co in cooperation with the Office of the Architect of the Capitol and took about fifteen minutes, including the airlift, alignment and lowering of the statue onto its pedestal.
	www.coinmall.com /CSNA/freedom.htm (1572 words)

	Statue of Liberty - Colmar Alsace France (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The world's largest replica of the Statue of Liberty, 12 meters high, was unveiled 4 July 2004 in Colmar, Alsace, France to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the death of sculptor Frederic Auguste Bartholdi.
		Colmar is the birthplace of Bartholdi, the sculptor of the Statue of Liberty.
		The new statue was installed on a roundabout in a commercial zone where it welcomes visitors at the northern entrance to the picturesque Alsatian city, prefecture of Haut-Rhin.
	www.endex.com /gf/buildings/liberty/worldstatues/liberties/Colmar/LibertyColmar.htm (350 words)

	Statue of Freedom
		In celebration of the United States of America, and the freedom offered to all who call this great country home, the second piece selected for the Cerritos Sculpture Garden was the Statue of Freedom.
		Her left hand holds a laurel wreath of victory and the shield of the United States with 13 stripes.
		Freedom stands on a base encircled with "E Pluribus Unum," a Latin phrase meaning "Out of Many, One," which was adopted as the motto of the Great Seal of the United States, and refers to the original 13 colonies united as one.
	www.ci.cerritos.ca.us /gallery/CerritosSculptureGarden/StatueofFreedom.html (142 words)

	C-SPAN's Capitol Questions
		The Statue of Freedom faces East because the East Front of the Capitol was then, and is now, the main entrance to the building.
		Lincoln had hoped that the Statue's installation would be seen as a sign of determination that the construction on the Capitol would be completed to govern a Union which would survive.
		The symbolism is a bit confused because the statue was originally conceived as a monument to liberty (a cap and flagpole), and then to freedom through victory (laurel wreath) and peace (olive branch), and finally, after the Secretary of War's intervention, as freedom through victory and strength (helmet, shield, sword).
	www.c-span.org /questions/week126.htm (531 words)

	Statue / monument of Freedom in Washington DC by Sculptor Thomas Crawford
		Statue / monument of Freedom in Washington DC by Sculptor Thomas Crawford
		(Other statues are limited to no more than 19 feet.) Not the loveliest statue in DC by any means, her helmet is topped with an eagle's head and feathers and encircled with stars.
		The statue was brought down by helicopterfrom her perch atop the Capitol Dome in 1993 for a cleaning and restoration.
	www.kittytours.org /thatman2/search.asp?subject=66 (242 words)

	Senator Daniel Akaka, Democrat from Hawaii
		The Statue of Freedom atop the U.S. Capitol Building was erected in 1863, at the height of the Civil War.
		By artist Thomas Crawford, the Statue of Freedom is one of America's most enduring and poignant symbols of democratic government.
		The King's statue, one of Hawaii's two statues in the Capitol Building, is currently in a corner of Statuary Hall because more prominent areas of the Capitol Building cannot support the statue's weight.
	akaka.senate.gov /freedom-b.html (803 words)

	Madiba statue project makes headway (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The statue is intended to be both a major new national monument and a tourism drawcard for the Eastern Cape.
		The concept of an iconic Statue of Freedom in the form of a giant statue of former president Nelson Mandela on a plinth was first mooted by Freedom Enterprises in 1999.
		The newly formed agency is responsible for the revitalisation of the city centre and neighbouring harbour complex and the statue is one of its priority projects.
	www.sundaytimes.co.za /zones/sundaytimesNEW/newsst/newsst1103091833.aspx (489 words)

	Political Compromise in Public Art (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The United States Capitol dome and its colossal bronze statue are frequently seen on the nightly television news and in political cartoons as signifiers of the U.S. government.
		Crawford's Statue of Freedom, commissioned in 1855 and erected during the Civil War, in 1863, will be for us a "case study" in the role played by patrons in shaping and compromising the ideological content of public art.
		Jefferson Davis probably intended Statue of Freedom to be interchangeable with Minerva when he suggested the helmet, for the secretary of war knew the goddess's iconography, evident in his detailed drawing of a profile bust of Minerva with a helmet made in 1828, while he was a student at West Point.
	xroads.virginia.edu /~DRBR2/fryd/fryd.html (2667 words)

	U.S. Capitol Historical Society (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		He referred to her as "Freedom triumphant," and shaped her as a classical figure, with one hand on a sword, the other holding a wreath and resting on a shield.
		Modeled in Crawford's Rome studio, the statue's plaster cast was imperiled by a leaky ship, heavy gales, and other hazards on an eight months' journey to the United States.
		By October 1862, the bronze form was cast at Clark Mills' foundry in Washington and the city's residents had an opportunity to inspect the 191/2-foot figure temporarily displayed on the grounds of the Capitol.
	www.uschs.org /03_education/subs/subs_lessons/02_b.html (435 words)

	Gallery
		The bronze Statue of Freedom is the crowning achievement of American sculptor Thomas Crawford.
		In May of 1993, the Statue was airlifted from her pedestal and placed in front of the Capitol for extensive restoration.
		These rare portraits of Lady Freedom were taken before she was returned to her rightful place in October of that year.
	www.teafoe.com /interest.htm (257 words)

	'The Story of American Freedom' by Eric Foner
		The artist proposed a “Statue of Freedom,” a female figure holding a sword and adorned with a cap of liberty.
		As Eric Foner, an acclaimed historian shows in his stunning survey of “The Story of American Freedom,” in the “land of the free and the home of the brave” freedom (often called “liberty” or “equality”) is a big stick of dynamite.
		But when later generations talked of “freedom to” — vote, be free of slavery, work in a safe environment, have control over their own bodies, pursue “happiness,” follow something other than the conventional wisdom of the time — the universality of Jefferson’s words bubble and boil.
	www.post-gazette.com /books/reviews/19981108review135.asp (905 words)

	Workindex.com article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		When Freedom, the statue perched atop the dome of the U.S. Capitol, was hoisted in place on December 2, 1863, Philip Reid was there, in spirit if not in body, standing tall and relishing his greatest accomplishment.
		Freedom was transferred to another ship for the trip to Mills Foundry in Maryland.
		The Statue of Freedom was hoisted to the top of the Capitol Dome amid great celebration and a 35-gun salute.
	www.workindex.com /editorial/hre/hre0202-special01.asp (598 words)

	Statue of Liberty - Riga, Latvia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		At the base of the monument are several sculptural groups symbolizing different values - Labor, Strength of the Nation, Spiritual Strength, Freedom, Family; relief on the lowest block represents historical events.
		The Freedom Monument was unveiled in 1935 during Latvia's brief period of independence between the wars.
		Known locally as Milda, it was a powerful symbol of anti-Soviet resistance serving as the focus of gatherings in the late 1980's during early stages of the drive for independence.
	www.endex.com /gf/buildings/liberty/worldstatues/SOLRiga/solriga.htm (237 words)

	The Statue of Freedom Medal
		Statue of Freedom Medal, gold in color and measuring 71 mm (2.8 inches) in diameter.
		The Society's most visible exhibiting award, however, is the Statue of Freedom Medal, which is made available to each of the thirty some-odd national level World Series of Philately shows held each year across the country.
		Today, the Statue of Freedom Medal is presented to the best exhibit of U.S. material from 1847 to the present at a particular WSP show, although it is not always awarded if, in the Jury's opinion, there is not an exhibit deserving of it.
	www.usstamps.org /statue-of-freedom-2002.html (497 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Africa \| Plans afoot for giant Mandela statue
		South African businessmen plan to build a statue of Nelson Mandela bigger than the Statue of Liberty as part of a scheme to rejuvenate the rundown city of Port Elizabeth.
		The statue has been designed by a local sculptor, Maureen Quin, and is due to be completed over 10 to 15 years if the funding is found.
		It would be the only statue of its size which rotates and visitors would be able to ascend from inside to Mr Mandela's waist, or perhaps his eyes, for a view of the city.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/africa/2483215.stm (436 words)

	The Statue of Liberty, Celebrate America's Freedom , Celebrating Freedom Resources, Social Studies, Glencoe
		The people of France gave the Statue to the people of the United States over one hundred years ago in recognition of the friendship established during the American Revolution.
		It was agreed that the French were responsible for the Statue and its assembly in the United States, and the United States was responsible for building the pedestal.
		The Statue became a symbol of hope and possibility for thousands of immigrants who were coming from all over the world to Ellis Island.
	www.glencoe.com /sec/socialstudies/btt/celebratingfreedom/caf_05.shtml (487 words)

	Virginia Statue of Religious Freedom of 1786 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Thomas Jefferson led the fight for religious freedom and separation of church and state in his native Virginia.
		After a long and bitter debate, Jefferson's statute for religious freedom passed the state legislature.
		In Jefferson's words, there was now "freedom for the Jew and the Gentile, the Christian and the Mohammedan, the Hindu and infidel of every denomination." When the First Amendment to the Constitution went into effect in 1791, Jefferson's principle of separation of church and state became part of the supreme law of the land.
	www.rjgeib.com /thoughts/lynch/religious-freedom.html (241 words)

	SR Statue of Freedom Medallion
		The Statue of Freedom was created as the crowning feature of the new cast-iron dome of the United States Capitol authorized by Congress in 1855.
		In discussing a subject for the statue, Meigs wrote to the sculptor: "We have too many Washingtons, we have America in the pediment.
		The bronze statue stands 19 feet 6 inches tall and weights approximately 15,000 pounds.
	phoenixmasonry.org /masonicmuseum/sr_statue_of_freedom_medallion.htm (446 words)

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