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Aviator Amelia Earhart honored with statue at U.S. Capitol

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'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) Kansas Governor Laura Kelly, center, is joined by Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., center left, and 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'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) Kansas Gov. 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 in honor of Amelia Earhart, one of the world'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) House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., hosts the dedication and unveiling ceremony of a statue in honor of Amelia Earhart, one of the world'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) House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., hosts the dedication and unveiling ceremony of a statue in honor of Amelia Earhart, one of the world'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) Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly speaks at the dedication and unveiling ceremony of a statue in honor of Amelia Earhart, center left, one of the world'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) House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., hosts the dedication and unveiling ceremony of a statue in honor of Amelia Earhart, one of the world'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)
Aviator Amelia Earhart honored with statue at U.S. Capitol