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What did they look like?

(Hannah Yoest / The Bulwark)

A bunch of white guys who founded a country:

For the July Fourth holiday, I have some fare that’s lighter than the doom and gloom about today’s politics that I usually dish up: a little tour some of the statuary art in the U.S. Capitol Building. Each state submits two statues to be on display; they are strategically placed throughout the Capitol. Some of my favorites include Hawaii’s King Kamehameha I and California’s Junípero Serra. There are also a handful of statues on permanent display that are not part of the Statuary Hall collection. But today is all about the American Revolution, so here are some of the Founding Fathers, including many lesser known ones, all photographed by my Bulwark colleague Hannah Yoest.

Roger Sherman, Connecticut

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Caesar Rodney, Delaware

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Charles Carroll, Maryland

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Samuel Adams, Massachusetts

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John Stark, New Hampshire

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Richard Stockton, New Jersey

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Robert Livingston, New York

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John P.G. “Peter” Muhlenberg, Pennsylvania

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Nathanael Greene, Rhode Island

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Ethan Allen, Vermont

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George Washington, Virginia

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Benjamin Franklin

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Thomas Jefferson

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