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    American expansionist polices and displacement of Native Americans from the land. But also, he explains how the Statue of Freedom, and the bronze statue atop the U.S Capital dome in Washington, D.C., was altered to accommodate racial politics of antebellum America. I believe art comes in role in many aspects in history and politics, such as Fryd examines the objections in both statues. Fyrd analysis how Davis’s objection resulted in Crawford’s fusion of three allegories, Liberty, America, and Minerva

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    Historical Society. His famous painting of Abraham Lincoln hangs at the Capitol and he was born and raised in Homer. However, there is another native of Cortland County who has three important statues prominently displayed in Washington, D.C. Curious? His name was Clark Mills and he created the first equestrian statue in America and his life began in Taylor. Clark Mills was born in Taylor but the information available to us does not give us a definitive date. Suffice it to say that it was between 1810

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    amazing country. The Statue of Liberty shows how important freedom and liberty is to American Citizens. “Her torch will light the way to freedom.” The Liberty Bell is such a great piece of history symbolizing America’s freedom from Britian. Lastly, Mount Rushmore represents four most popular presidents in America. All these landmarks represent something to everyone could learn from in this day in age. The Statue of Liberty, what a great piece of history to explore. The statue of liberty stands in

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    America was grown of the words freedom and liberty. We became who we are by making these words become valuable to us. Now we associate objects with them like the Statue of Liberty in New York. But what is the statue of liberty without liberty itself? Does liberty have the same meaning for everyone, or does it differ depending on the situation? There are multiple meanings of liberty, but a few of the definitions share close to the same meaning. Americans would not argue about the meaning of liberty

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    The Reaping The citizens of each of twelve districts in Panem are forced to participate in the traumatizing, Hunger Games. Attempting to overthrow The Capitol, now each District must; sacrifice a boy and a girl who will later compete against twenty-two other people from the age ranges of twelve to eighteen. The Capitol established these games as a reminder they are in power. According to a citizen, Katniss Everdeen says “Attendance is mandatory unless you are at death’s door. This evening

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    stronger person much more capable of looking after myself and using my wits to protect me than Prim will ever be. She is a baby! It astounds me how the Capitol can continue to hold these barbaric games. They have already taken our livelihoods and our freedom – what good could possibly come of the senseless slaughter of innocent children apart from the punishment for an uprising that happened so long ago, it is not in my memory. Why must the children be put to death? Moves to centre stage and sits The

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    Maybe the societal events have shaped our views on certain religions, but it does not mean that we need to belittle and destroy what keeps people together, what gives them a reason to be. In the Virginia Statue for Religious Freedom, Thomas Jefferson stated that "No man shall be compelled to frequent or support any religious worship, place, or ministry whatsoever, nor shall be enforced, restrained, molested, or burthened in his body or goods, nor shall otherwise suffer

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    The Statue of Liberty Lending Credence to the Word Freedom in America The Statue of Liberty is one of the most recognized artifacts of freedom in the world. It has the ability to create emotions that range from happiness to anger all at one time. The best way to analyze such a powerful image is to use Kenneth Burke’s idea of pentadic analysis. By using this method of the analysis, we will be able to answer the rhetorical question: How does the Statue of Liberty lend credence to the word “freedom”

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    figure is known as the Statue of Liberty. The Statue of Liberty is located in an amazing place, it stands on Liberty Island in the middle of New York Harbor. There are several participants that contributed towards the Statue of Liberty. There are events that are carried out on Liberty Island but most importantly we will see the event in which the Statue of Liberty was built and given to the United States. There are changes that occurred which can be seen when visiting the Statue of Liberty. Even though

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    The Statue of Liberty is a popular icon across the and instantly recognized. This paper offers a brief summary of the site, the history, where it is located within the country and discuss why it is a World Heritage Sites. The Statue welcomes thousands of immigrants and visitors to the United States. The United States means freedom and opportunity for most of the world's oppressed and the Statue of Liberty standing tall in New York Bay symbolize that in New York Bay for the millions of immigrants

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