On the very top of the U. S. Capitol Building stands a 19-foot-high bronze female figure called the Statue of Freedom. It weighs 15,000 pounds and had to be hoisted up in sections and assembled atop the dome in 1863. I read that in 1993, it was brought down off its pedestal by helicopter for restoration. There are some great pictures of it on the Internet. For a closer look at the details, a plaster model of the statue is on display in the Capitol Visitor Center.
Great processing and combination of blooming tree and white architecture. Fav. (thanks for your comment on my "fish" and your follow. Follow you back, you have some great pics.)
