Amelia Earhart is set to be celebrated at the U.S. Capitol by way of a bronze statue honoring the pioneering pilot. The recognition reportedly puts the famed aviator in rather rarefied company as she will join a proverbial pantheon of iconic American figures honored within a wing of the Capitol Building known as Statuary Hall. Created in 1864, the chamber is replete with 100 statues depicting two prominent citizens from each state and, at an unveiling set to be held next month, Earhart will take her place alongside Dwight D. Eisenhower as the representatives for Kansas.
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