(Thomas Burr | The Salt Lake Tribune) A statue of Philo T. Farnsworth, called the father of television, is one of two statues honoring Utahns in the U.S. Capitol complex; the other is Brigham Young. The Farnsworth statue sits in the Capitol Visitors Center near a replica of the Statue of Freedom that tops the U.S. Capitol.
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