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“The Oregon Pioneer,” the gold-leaf covered, 23-foot tall statue atop the Capitol dome, symbolically faces West. The Oregon State Capitol, the third such building housing state government, was ...
A statue honoring George Washington will be on display in the Florida Capitol until February 2026. It is in celebration of the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
The Oregon Pioneer atop the state Capitol building went dark Wednesday and is expected to stay dark for a couple of weeks for work on the electrical system as part of the Capitol Accessibility ...
OKLAHOMA CITY - After more than a decade of being exposed to wind, rain and pollution, "The Guardian" statue on top of Oklahoma's state Capitol may be getting a scrub and a wax job. The head of ...
Private donations will fund a bronze statue of Father Emil Kapaun, a Kansas war hero and sainthood candidate, for display in the Kansas State Capitol in Topeka.
Budget concerns have always dogged the question of what should be on top of the Capitol. An 1889 plan called for a statue of Ceres, the Roman goddess of agriculture, atop the then-unfinished dome.
The Houdon statue of George Washington faces the late afternoon sun streaming into the rotunda of the Virginia State Capitol in Richmond on Jan. 12, 2016. BOB BROWN, TIMES-DISPATCH ...
Arkansas unveiled a new statue of Johnny Cash in the U.S. Capitol. Cash, the first musician to be honored in the building, replaces a statue of a Confederate general.