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''Miss Freedom'', originally named ''Goddess of Liberty'', is the statue adorning the dome of the
Georgia House of Representatives history of ''Miss Freedom''
* ttps://web.archive.org/web/20061010000227/http://www.sos.state.ga.us/museum/virtual_tour/miss_freedom_replica.htm Picture of a replica statue of ''Miss Liberty'' located in the Capitolbr>GeorgiaInfo.com ''Miss Freedom'' entryGeorgia Encyclopedia Entry for ''Miss Freedom''
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''Miss Freedom'', originally named ''Goddess of Liberty'', is the statue adorning the dome of the Georgia State Capitol
The Georgia State Capitol is an architecturally and historically significant building in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. The building has been named a National Historic Landmark which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. As t ...
since 1889. Commissioned in 1888, the hollow copper statue is painted white, weighs over 1600 lbs and is over 26 feet tall. She was sculpted with a torch in her right hand and a sword in her left. The torch is a functioning mercury-vapor lamp
A mercury-vapor lamp is a gas-discharge lamp that uses an electric arc through vaporized mercury to produce light. The arc discharge is generally confined to a small fused quartz arc tube mounted within a larger soda lime or borosilicate glass ...
, casting a blue-green light at night. The torch in her right hand was supposed to be a working light continuously, but it remained dark until it was reconstructed in 1959. Tube and trolley systems have been installed so the bulb can be changed from the inside.
History
There were four different capitol locations before the current location. The current capitol building resides in the city of Atlanta. Construction of the Atlanta capitol started on November 13, 1884. The building took four and a half years and 250 men to complete. The statue of Miss Freedom was installed in 1888. Completion, and opening of the building, took place on March 20, 1889. The statue's origin is vague as the original documents pertaining to the construction of the State Capitol and ''Miss Freedom'' were burned. What records remain suggest that the architectural firm in charge of the build, Edbrooke and Burnham, ordered the statue from the W.H. Mullins Manufacturing Company in Salem, Ohio. The statue's name prior to its christening is unknown, but it has possessed the names ''Miss Freedom, Liberty, and Goddess of Liberty''.Description
The statue wears a Phrygian cap, or pileus, adorned with a star. It wears a robe and holds a torch in her right hand and a sword in her left. The torch is meant to represent truth or enlightenment while the sword symbolizes authoritative armed liberty or enforced justice.See also
* ''Statue of Freedom
The ''Statue of Freedom'', also known as ''Armed Freedom'' or simply ''Freedom'', is a bronze statue designed by Thomas Crawford (1814–1857) that, since 1863, has crowned the dome of the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C. Originally ...
'', an 1863 sculpture by Thomas Crawford atop the dome of the US Capitol
* Statue of Liberty
The Statue of Liberty (''Liberty Enlightening the World''; French: ''La Liberté éclairant le monde'') is a List of colossal sculpture in situ, colossal neoclassical sculpture on Liberty Island in New York Harbor in New York City, in the U ...
(''Liberty Enlightening the World''), 1886 statue by Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi
Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi ( , ; 2 August 1834 – 4 October 1904) was a French sculpture, sculptor and painting, painter. He is best known for designing ''Liberty Enlightening the World'', commonly known as the Statue of Liberty.
Early life a ...
in New York City
* '' Goddess of Liberty'', a similar 1888 statue by Elijah E. Myers
Elijah E. Myers (December 29, 1832 – March 5, 1909) was a leading architect of government buildings in the latter half of the 19th century, and the only architect to design the capitol buildings of three U.S. states, the Michigan State Capito ...
atop the Texas State Capitol
The Texas State Capitol is the capitol and seat of government of the American state of Texas. Located in downtown Austin, Texas, the structure houses the offices and chambers of the Texas Legislature and of the Governor of Texas. Designed in 18 ...
dome, in Austin, Texas
Austin is the capital city of the U.S. state of Texas, as well as the county seat, seat and largest city of Travis County, Texas, Travis County, with portions extending into Hays County, Texas, Hays and Williamson County, Texas, Williamson co ...
References
External links
Georgia House of Representatives history of ''Miss Freedom''
* ttps://web.archive.org/web/20061010000227/http://www.sos.state.ga.us/museum/virtual_tour/miss_freedom_replica.htm Picture of a replica statue of ''Miss Liberty'' located in the Capitolbr>GeorgiaInfo.com ''Miss Freedom'' entry
{{coord, 33, 44, 56.35, N, 84, 23, 17.33, W, type:landmark_region:US, display=title 1889 establishments in Georgia (U.S. state) 1889 sculptures Colossal statues in the United States Copper sculptures in the United States Finial figures History of Atlanta Liberty symbols Outdoor sculptures in Georgia (U.S. state) Statues in Atlanta