Goldwater: A Conservative Icon Cast in Bronze

One of the most important symbolic moments of the new Congress occurred earlier this winter and you almost certainly don't know a thing about it. Before several hundred people on the second floor of the Capitol - but virtually ignored by major media outlets - congressional leaders unveiled a statue commemorating the life of an ideologically rigid lawmaker who bent with the breezes of the time; a viscerally partisan political figure who drew pride from his work with opponents; a military aviator dedicated to peaceful pursuits, especially nature photography; and a presidential nominee whose campaign ranks among the most futile of all time but which nonetheless spawned a vigorous political creed.

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