Commonwealth (statue)

Commonwealth
ArtistRoland Hinton Perry
Year1905 (1905)
TypeGilded statue
LocationHarrisburg, Pennsylvania

Commonwealth is a 14-foot-6-inch (4.42 m) gilded statue atop the dome of the Pennsylvania State Capitol in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. It is nicknamed Miss Penn and the Spirit of the Commonwealth. It is also sometimes called Letitia, after the daughter of William Penn, the assumed inspiration for the statue.

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