https://mallhistory.org/files/original/a6ea35a3c71cbad137e6fcdba10afd76.jpg 13cbac2ff0095f74dd6d52feebeefbf0 https://mallhistory.org/files/original/4d246bf86c1b5ef65af8ed1609ca4447.jpg 8b85566dc859121bf0b5ebb9aab694f6 Place Important spaces on the mall (See the "Places" writeboard in basecamp.) Type The nature or genre of the resource Statues and Sculpture Physical Description Text describing the appearance of the place and its situation on the Mall. The statue is a female figure wearing a military style helmet decorated with an eagle’s head, stars, and a feathered crest. She holds a sheathed sword in her right hand, while in her left she has a laurel wreath and a shield with thirteen stripes. The statue itself is 19.5 feet (6 meters) tall. The figure stands on a globe bearing the motto “E Pluribus Unum.” Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Statue of Freedom Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. <a href="http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/dc1054.photos.361166p/">View original</a>. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 12/2/1863 (installed) Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1860-1889 Description An account of the resource <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/535">In 1855, Congress commissioned Thomas Crawford to build a statue to top the cast-iron Capitol dome.</a> Two years later, Crawford created the plaster model in Rome and sent it to the US for casting. The bronze was cast at a foundry in Washington DC under the supervision of Philip Reid, an enslaved man. Casting was briefly interrupted by the beginning of the Civil War, but was completed by 1862. The statue stood on the Capitol grounds <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/256">until the dome was completed</a>. The statue was installed in stages, with the final pieces added in December 1863. Today, the Capitol Visitor Center displays the plaster model of the statue. design & monuments