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The Statue Of Liberty



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he Statue of Liberty is          is a prime position for greeting  
located on Liberty Island,      ships as they enter the harbor.   
New York, at the mouth of       It used to be possible to climb   
the Hudson River. The statue was     to the torch, but it has been     
dedicated on October 28, 1886 to      closed since the “Black Tom”      
commemorate the centennial            explosion of July 30, 1916.       
anniversary of the signing of the     Visitors were able to ascend to   
Declaration of Independence and       the crown of the statue until the 
as a gesture of friendship            terrorist attacks of September    
between the United States and         11, 2001. Since then, the crown  
France. At 350 feet, 1 inch tall     has been closed and the National  
from the ground to the flame, the     Park Service has no immediate     
Statue of Liberty is                  plans to reopen it.               
approximately the size of a 22                                          
story building. In 1886, the         “Liberty Enlightening the World”  
statue was the tallest structure      is the Statue of Liberty’s proper 
in New York City. Lady Liberty       title. She was sculpted by        
is made of pure copper (3/32 of       Frederic Aguste Bartholdi and the 
an inch thick-about the thickness     internal structure was engineered 
of two pennies put together)          by Alexandre Gustave Eiffel of    
except for the flame on her           Eiffel Tower fame. Because the   
torch, which is coated in gold        statue is so enormous, she had to 
leaf. Originally, the statue was     be transported to the United      
copper in color, but has turned       States aboard the French warship  
green from natural oxidation.         Isère in 350 pieces. The statue  
The greenness is actually called      arrived in New York on June 17,   
a patina coating and protects the     1885, but stayed in crates for 11 
copper.                               months until the pedestal could   
                                      be finished. Emma Lazarus’s      
The statue faces southeast, which     famous “Statue of Liberty Poem”,  



“The New Colossus” was read at        In 1983, American Express made    
the dedication and later              the Statue of Liberty a           
inscribed on a plaque. From the       beneficiary of one of the         
time of her dedication in 1886        earliest cause marketing          
until 1902, the Statue of Liberty     campaigns. For every purchase    
was a functional lighthouse.          made with American Express, the   
                                      company donated one cent to for   
The statue itself is symbolic of      the restoration of the statue.    
freedom, but certain aspects of       All together, the drive raised    
Lady Liberty are specific             over $1.7 million dollars. The   
symbols. The seven points on her     following year, the statue was    
crown represent the seven seas        closed so that a $62 million      
and the seven continents. She        restoration project could be      
holds a flaming torch in her          completed before her centennial   
right hand, a symbol of               celebration.                      
enlightenment. The stone tablet                                         
she bears in her left hand is         The Statue of Liberty is an       
inscribed with the date, July IV,     important and cherished part of   
MDCCLXXVI, or July 4, 1776. Her      American history. Lady Liberty   
face is said to be modeled after      stands as a beacon of freedom to  
Bartholdi’s mother.                   millions of people around the     
                                      world.                            




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