Helen Keller Statue Unveiled (6 images)

A statue of Helen Keller is unveiled in the Capitol Rotunda on Capitol Hill in Washington on October 7, 2009. From left are Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-KY, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-NV, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-CA, Alabama Gov. Bob Riley and American Foundation for the Blind President and Chief Executive Officer Carl Augusto. UPI/Roger L. Wollenberg

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-NV, and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-CA, who is holding four-year-old Malia Thibado, share a laugh as a statue of Helen Keller is unveiled in the Capitol Rotunda on Capitol Hill in Washington on October 7, 2009. Thaibado is a student from the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind. UPI/Roger L. Wollenberg

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-NV, and American Foundation for the Blind President and Chief Executive Officer Carl Augusto look at and touch a statue of Helen Keller is unveiled in the Capitol Rotunda on Capitol Hill in Washington on October 7, 2009. UPI/Roger L. Wollenberg

Malia Thibado, age 4, sings as Nichole Gordy interprets with signs during a ceremony where a statue of Helen Keller is unveiled in the Capitol Rotunda on Capitol Hill in Washington on October 7, 2009. On stage from left are Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-CA, Alabama Gov. Bob Riley and American Foundation for the Blind President and Chief Executive Officer Carl Augusto. UPI/Roger L. Wollenberg