Celebrating the 250th anniversary of our national birth certificate and mission statement, half my columns this year will be about the great American adventure. National symbols are objects or ideas that become a shared language among the people of a nation. Such structures act to remind Americans of our history and point us to the future. The late poet and novelist Maya Anglou explains, “Symbols speak a universal language that can unite even the most diverse of nations under a common source of pride.” Since ancient times, sculpture has been one of humanity’s most powerful forms of art. Whether carved from stone, cast in bronze, or molded from clay, sculptures have the three- dimensional ability to move people in profound