The Discovery of America is a large marble sculptural group, created by Luigi Persico, which adorned the front of the east façade of the United States Capitol building from 1844 to 1958, before being
Discovery statue
Both The Discovery (left) and The Rescue (right) are visible in this image of Abraham Lincoln's 1861 inauguration.
US Capitol rotunda outside
James F. O'Connor
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James Francis O'Connor was a U.S. representative from Montana.
The Discovery of America (sculpture)
…Americans, statements made by many Congress members indicated their opposition to the statues. In a 1941 Congressional session, Montana representative James Francis O'Connor described the accompanying statue, "The Rescue" as "an atrocious distortion of the facts of American history and... an insult to [a] great race of…
James F. O'Connor