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More than 75 people, including politicians and public arts advocates, gathered around the steps of the Portsmouth Main Library on Wednesday for the unveiling of the sculpture Our First Freedom. <\/p>\n
The work by Sue Landerman, commissioned by Support Portsmouth Public Art, honors the First Amendment and longtime Virginian-Pilot columnist Ida Kay Jordan, pictured bottom left at the event. <\/p>\n
Landermans sculpture is based on Jordans desk at the newspapers former Portsmouth office and includes a manual typewriter, a pair of glasses, a notepad and, of course, a stack of newspapers. <\/p>\n
On top of the pile is an issue of Currents, in which Jordan still has a weekly column. <\/p>\n
Members of the arts group, as well as Landerman, Jordan and Mayor John Rowe addressed the crowd. <\/p>\n
Teri Winslow, The Pilot <\/p>\n
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