File:Capitol Dome and Statue of 'Freedom' -- Washington (DC) January 2013 (8395639307).jpg

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The Statue of Freedom is a bronze statue designed by Thomas Crawford (1814-1857) that, since 1863, has crowned the dome of the U.S. Capitol in Washington (DC).

The statue depicts a female figure wearing a military helmet and holding a sheathed sword in her right hand and a laurel wreath and shield in her left.

The final section, the figure's head and shoulders, was raised on December 2, 1863 (during the height of the American Civil War), to a salute of 35 guns answered by the guns of the 12 Federal (Union) forts that surrounded Washington.

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Author Ron Cogswell from Arlington, Virginia, USA
Camera location38° 53′ 23.51″ N, 77° 00′ 43.79″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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