So, that is what sits atop the U.S. Capitol building

Goathead

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Thu Mar-10-05 02:22 PM
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So, that is what sits atop the U.S. Capitol building

Edited on Thu Mar-10-05 02:54 PM by Goathead

I thought the statue was of a Native American. Nope, it is a woman named "Freedom"(her parents must have been hippies) wearing an eagle head. That is just the epitome of gaudy. Unauthorized use of eagle parts is also very illegal.

On edit: Got to it before the grammar patrol did. Ha ha, you'll never know! :P

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Randi_Listener

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Thu Mar-10-05 02:26 PM
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1. That's a fucking chicken on her head.

That's no shitty eagle.

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electropop

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Thu Mar-10-05 02:36 PM
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2. Did you notice which way she's facing?

Edited on Thu Mar-10-05 02:37 PM by electropop

She has her @ss toward the White House. Do ya s'pose there's a meaning in that? (I know that's not the WH in the photo, but it's true she's facing away from W, just like the protesters on 1/20).

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bigtree

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Thu Mar-10-05 02:45 PM
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3. Armed Liberty

In 1855, the American sculptor Thomas Crawford, then living in Rome, was commissioned to design a statue of Lady Freedom which would go atop the U.S. Capitol, then being constructed. Crawford proposed an �Armed Liberty� design, including a shield, a sword and stars around a liberty cap. But a liberty cap was a symbol of freed slaves, and Secretary of War Jefferson Davis, the Mississippi man who later became President of the Confederacy, objected. The liberty cap was replaced by a helmut with an eagle headdress.

http://www.libertystory.net/LSARTSLIBERTYASAWOMAN.htm

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uppityperson

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Thu Mar-10-05 02:45 PM
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4. Bald eagles are beautiful but are scavengers

They are found around dumps in AK and eat not only live salmon (it is spectacular to see one grab a salmon out of the ocean) but dead and decomposing stuff. They fill an important niche in the world as seagulls do.

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