Lady Justice is the personification of our justice system. She’s typically blindfolded and holds both a sword and scale. Pay attention and you’ll often find her depicted in murals and statuary in courthouses.
This statue is atop the Guernsey County Courthouse in Cambridge. I like the way she looks in front of the clock tower. You can see a broad view of the courthouse here.
I thought of this picture because I’m reading the autobiography of Coretta Scott King who said something thought provoking about justice.
“Freedom and justice cannot be parceled out in pieces to suit political convenience. I don’t believe you can stand for freedom for one group of people and deny it to others.”
Perhaps this will give you something to mull over today. If nothing else, remember to look up and notice the fabulous statues and buildings around you!
“Theirs”? Was that supposed to be others?
I featured the Guernsey courthouse in a post about courthouses way back. I love old courthouses! It’s too bad they tore the old one down here. The new one has no style or grace at all. At least the did eventually add a clock tower and install the original clock. No statue of Justice, though.
Sigh. Modern architecture is so boring!! Why does everything have to be so plain and ugly?
And yes, good catch. That typo was caused by fat fingers on little keys on my phone. The website has been so buggy lately that I’ve just been using the app and that’s a bad choice too!