{"id":1577447,"date":"2022-07-28T20:23:48","date_gmt":"2022-07-29T00:23:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1577447"},"modified":"2022-07-28T20:24:03","modified_gmt":"2022-07-29T00:24:03","slug":"amelia-earhart-added-to-capitol-statuary-collection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/amelia-earhart-added-to-capitol-statuary-collection\/","title":{"rendered":"Amelia Earhart added to Capitol statuary collection"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Famelia-earhart-added-to-capitol-statuary-collection%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1577447&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"attachment_2731789\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2731789\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2731789\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/AP22208587468970-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Kansas Governor Laura Kelly, center, is joined by Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., center left, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., far left, former Kansas Sen. Jerry Moran, center right, for the dedication and unveiling ceremony of a statue of in honor of Amelia Earhart, one of the world&#039;s most celebrated aviators and the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean, in Statuary Hall, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, July 27, 2022. The statue of Amelia Earhart will represent the State of Kansas in the National Statuary Hall Collection. (AP Photo\/J. Scott Applewhite)\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2731789\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kansas Governor Laura Kelly, center, is joined by Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., center left, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., far left, former Kansas Sen. Jerry Moran, center right, for the dedication and unveiling ceremony of a statue of in honor of Amelia Earhart, one of the world\u2019s most celebrated aviators and the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean, in Statuary Hall, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, July 27, 2022. The statue of Amelia Earhart will represent the State of Kansas in the National Statuary Hall Collection. (AP Photo\/J. Scott Applewhite)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 1:40 PM PT \u2013 Thursday, July 28, 2022<\/h5>\n<p>Famed aviator Amelia Earhart is commemorated in the Capitol building\u2019s statuary collection. Federal lawmakers unveiled a statue honoring Earhart in the Capitol building. In a ceremony held on Wednesday, senators from both sides of the aisle delivered heartfelt remarks about her legacy of being the first woman to cross the Atlantic Ocean in 1932 before tragically disappearing during a flight over the Pacific in 1937. Among those attending the ceremony was Kansas Senator Roger Marshall (R) who expressed enthusiasm that the statue has been added to the Capitol\u2019s statuary hall.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>\u201cIt was great to share this moment, the unveiling of Amelia\u2019s statue with the people who had been working for two decades on this,\u201d said Marshall. \u201cI got to spend several days there with this community and they\u2019re just so proud. This icon from Kansas, a woman pilot in the 1930\u2019s and not just a woman pilot but a great aviator who broke many records that knew no bounds to how high she could go or how fast she goes. It was a very emotional day for all of us.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I want to thank our Congressional leaders and our Kansas delegation for the opportunity to honor one of Kansas\u2019 most iconic figures \u2013 Amelia Earhart \u2013 a woman who showed us what it means to reach for the stars. This statue will serve as an inspiration for generations to come. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PFfDOXsHGN\">pic.twitter.com\/PFfDOXsHGN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Governor Laura Kelly (@GovLauraKelly) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GovLauraKelly\/status\/1552377877194219520?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 27, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Senator Jerry Moran (R) emphasized how Earhart\u2019s upbringing in his home state of Kansas helped blossom her aviation career.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>\u201cAmelia\u2019s ambition and spirit of adventure that took her around the world was built on a foundational upbringing in Atchison,\u201d Moran voiced. \u201cIt is fitting today that the foundation on which she stands is from limestone from the flint hills of Kansas.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Meanwhile, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) expressed hope that Earhart\u2019s legacy would inspire America\u2019s youth to reach for great things.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>\u201cI look forward to looking over to this corner,\u201d uttered McCarthy. \u201cI\u2019m sure we\u2019ll watch a lot of young women taking a picture and I wonder what new frontiers will be inspired by Amelia Earhart and what more boundaries will be broken. What new balance will come out of the world. from a little corner in a capital of her dreams, still living in boundaries unfold of what could be broken.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The ceremony was held on the 90th anniversary of her historic flight across the Atlantic and what would have been her 125th birthday.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/korean-war-veterans-memorial-wall-of-remembrance\/\">Korean War Veterans Memorial Wall Of Remembrance<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kansas Governor Laura Kelly, center, is joined by Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., center left, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., far left, former Kansas Sen. Jerry Moran, center right, for the dedication and unveiling ceremony of a statue of in honor of Amelia Earhart, one of the world\u2019s most celebrated aviators and the first woman &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":764,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1577447","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1577447","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/764"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1577447"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1577447\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1577447"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1577447"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1577447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}