What’s That Thing On Akaka’s Desk?

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One of DC808‘s readers wanted more information about the large white object in the foreground of a photo we recently posted. 

The figure is a miniature version of the Statue of Freedom, the 20-foot-tall, 15,000-pound woman who stands atop the U.S. Capitol.

Sen. Daniel Akaka is especially fond of Lady Freedom, as she’s known. He spearheaded a restoration and subsequent display of the original plaster cast of the statue, which now stands in Emancipation Hall for visitors to see up-close. 

Here she is: 

Lady of Freedom, Courtesy of http://www.flickr.com/photos/tara_siuk/.

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