page_title: Morrnah Simeona
section_title: Statue of Freedom
hierarchical_section_title: Morrnah Simeona / Statue of Freedom
caption_attribution_description: English: Emancipation-Hall of the Capitol Visitor Center
context_page_description: Morrnah Nalamaku Simeona was recognized as a kahuna lapaʻau in Hawaiʻi and taught her updated version of hoʻoponopono throughout the United States, Asia, and Europe.
context_section_description: On March 25, 1992, U. S. Senator Daniel Akaka (D - Hawaii), eulogized Simeona in the Congressional Record. He noted she had learned that the original plaster cast of the cast-iron Statue of Freedom, which stands on the top of the dome of the United States Capitol, was being kept in storage. She raised $25,000 to refurbish and restore it, and as a result it was moved and placed on display in the Russell Senate Office Building (now in the Capitol Visitor Center) where, Akaka said, it would serve as a remembrance of Simeona.
caption: Statue of Freedom's plaster model cast now resides in the Capitol Visitor Center
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