Conservativa

Detail from the top of the dome of the U. S. Capitol. This is the Statue of Freedom. Lots of details about the Statue of Freedom here. They include this: “Her right hand rests upon the hilt of a sheathed sword.”

The clouds in the photo look a little like smoke from a cannon, don’t they? We don’t like to dwell on it, but freedom must be defended with sword and cannon, and it will be defended by people like this and people like this and all those serving today.

Photo details: taken in June 2008. Nikon D40. This is a small crop of a much larger photo.