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  2. Statues of the National Statuary Hall Collection - Wikipedia

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    The National Statuary Hall Collection holds statues donated by each of the United States, portraying notable persons in the histories of the respective states. Displayed in the National Statuary Hall and other parts of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. , the collection includes two statues from each state, except for Virginia which ...

  3. Benjamin Victor (sculptor) - Wikipedia

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    The installation of the statue in Statuary Hall was held in 2019, with gaiashkibos's daughter, Katie Brossy in attendance. [10] Using the surplus funds from those raised to erect the Standing Bear statues, gaiashkibos hired Victor in 2021 to sculpt Susan La Flesche Picotte (Omaha), the first Native woman to be licensed as a physician in the US ...

  4. National Statuary Hall - Wikipedia

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    The National Statuary Hall in 2011. The National Statuary Hall is a chamber in the United States Capitol devoted to sculptures of prominent Americans. The hall, also known as the Old Hall of the House, is a large, two-story, semicircular room with a second story gallery along the curved perimeter.

  5. Statue of Billy Graham - Wikipedia

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    A bronze statue of American evangelist Billy Graham is installed at the United States Capitol's crypt, in Washington, D.C., as part of the National Statuary Hall Collection. It was designed by artist Chas Fagan. [1] [2] Unveiled in May 2024, the sculpture was gifted by the U.S. state of North Carolina, replacing the statue of Charles Brantley ...

  6. Statue of Standing Bear - Wikipedia

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    The statue is installed in the United States Capitol's National Statuary Hall, in Washington, D.C. [1] The statue of Standing Bear replaced a statue of William Jennings Bryan by Rudulph Evans, which was similarly donated to the National Statuary Hall Collection in 1937, but relocated in 2019 to the Nebraska National Guard Museum in Seward ...

  7. Johnny Cash becomes first musician honored with statue ... - AOL

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    A statue depicting country music legend Johnny Cash was unveiled Tuesday morning at the U.S. Capitol, making the "Man in Black" the first musician to have his likeness represented in Statuary Hall.

  8. Statue of Mary McLeod Bethune (U.S. Capitol) - Wikipedia

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    The completed statue weighs 3 tons and measures 11 feet tall, including the base. [7] Master sculptor, Comas, is the first artist of Puerto Rican descent to be commissioned to contribute to the National Statuary Hall Collection. [8] She was the artist selected out of a pool of 1,600.

  9. Statue of Edmund Kirby Smith - Wikipedia

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    Edmund Kirby Smith is a bronze sculpture commemorating the Confederate officer of the same name by C. Adrian Pillars that was installed in the United States Capitol Visitor Center as part of the National Statuary Hall Collection from 1922 to 2021. The statue was gifted by the state of Florida in 1922. [1]