Statue of Responsibility the project was handed off to the Responsibility Foundation. The Responsibility Foundation is determining an appropriate location for the statue. The Foundation intends to incorporate elements that are indicative of the Statue of Liberty into the Statue of Responsibility: Statue of Responsibility The Statue of Responsibility is a proposed structure to be built on the West Coast of the United States. The prototype, sculpted by project artist Gary Lee Price, consists of a pair of clasped hands oriented vertically, symbolizing the responsibility that comes with liberty. The original idea of a Statue of Responsibility was the vision of Dr. Viktor
Statue of Liberty be fully dressed in flowing robes. Instead of the impression of violence in the Delacroix work, Bartholdi wished to give the statue a peaceful appearance and chose a torch, representing progress, for the figure to hold. Crawford's statue was designed in the early 1850s. It was originally to be crowned with a "pileus", the cap given to emancipated slaves in ancient Rome. Secretary of War Jefferson Davis, a Southerner who would later serve as President of the Confederate States of America, was concerned that the "pileus" would be taken as an abolitionist symbol. He ordered that it be changed to