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Religious Liberty

Philadelphia, Italy

Religious Liberty

Religious Liberty is a sculpture commissioned by B'nai B'rith and dedicated "to the people of the United States" as an expression of support for the Constitutional guarantee of religious freedom. It was created by Moses Jacob Ezekiel, a B'nai B'rith member and the first American Jewish sculptor to g

ain international prominence. The statue stands 11 feet (3.4 m) high, of marble, and the plinth (base) added another 14 feet (4.3 m). It weighs 26,000 pounds (12,000 kg), and was said to be the largest sculpture created in the 19th century. It was carved in Italy and shipped to Fairmount Park in Philadelphia for the nation's 1876 Centennial Exposition. It was later moved to Independence Mall and currently stands in front of the National Museum of American Jewish History.

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