Lady Justice - Cameron, TX
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WalksfarTX
N 30° 51.003 W 096° 58.585
14R E 693504 N 3414736
She stands atop the Milam County Courthouse. Her scales for measuring justice are missing. She isn't wearing a blindfold either.
Waymark Code: WMY3CY
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 04/12/2018
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Wikipedia
Lady Justice is an allegorical personification of the moral force in judicial systems. Her attributes are a blindfold, a balance, and a sword.
Lady Justice originates from the personification of Justice in Ancient Roman art known as Iustitia or Justitia after Latin: Iustitia, who is equivalent to the Greek goddesses Themis and Dike.
Lady Justice is most often depicted with a set of scales typically suspended from her left hand, upon which she measures the strengths of a case's support and opposition. The depiction dates back to ancient Egypt, where the God Anubis was frequently depicted with a set of scales on which he weighed a deceased's heart against the Feather of Truth.
Since the 16th century, Lady Justice has often been depicted wearing a blindfold. The blindfold represents impartiality, the ideal that justice should be applied without regard to wealth, power, or other status. The earliest Roman coins depicted Justitia with the sword in one hand and the scale in the other, but with her eyes uncovered.