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The Statue Of Liberty
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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