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The Statue of
Liberty
1885
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Symbols
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Located in New
York, at 46 meters tall (93 meters including base and pedestal),
the Statue of Liberty symbolizes freedom throughout the world.
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Its formal name is
"Liberty Enlightening the World".
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It pictures a
woman who has escaping the chains of tyranny .
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The broken chains
lie at her feet.
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Liberty's right
hand holds a torch that is a symbol of liberty, and the left
hand carries a tablet upon which is inscribed:
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“July IV
MDCCLXXVI.” ("July 4, 1776"), our Independence Day.
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There are 354
steps inside the statue and its pedestal.
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There are 25
viewing windows in the crown.
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The seven rays of
Liberty's crown symbolize the seven seas and seven continents of
the world.
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Building
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The Statue was
actually a gift from France in recognition of the
friendship established during the American Revolution.
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America
probably could not have won its freedom from the British
during the American Revolution without the help of the
French.
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France
provided arms, ships, money, and men to the American
colonies.
The Statue was a joint effort
between America and France and it was agreed upon that the
American people were to build the pedestal, and the French
people were responsible for the Statue and its assembly here in
the United States.
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The French
sculptor Frederic Auguste Bartholdi was commissioned to
design a sculpture with the year 1876 in mind for
completion, to commemorate the centennial of the American
Declaration of Independence.
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Many people
believed Charlotte Bartholdi, his mother, was the model for
the statue.
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The pedestal
was designed by Richard M. Hunt and built by Gen. Charles P.
Stone, both Americans.
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It contains
steel underpinnings designed by Alexander Eiffel of France
to support the statue.
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The hollow
copper statue was built in France.
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It was
finished in July, 1884.
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Until the
spring of 1885, when she was dismantled for the long voyage
to America, Liberty remained in Paris, the hostess to
thousands of French visitors.
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It was brought
to the USA in 350 pieces on a French ship called the "Isere",in
June, 1885.
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The statue was
re-assembled in the USA and was completed on October 28,
1886.
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Frederic Auguste Bartholdi |
Charlotte
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Dimensions |
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Height from ground to
tip of torch
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93 m
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Length of nose
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1.37 m
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Length of the head
(chin to top of head)
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5.26 m
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Length of right arm
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12.80
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Width of mouth
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91 m
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Ground to top of
pedestal
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46.94
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Ground
to the top
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93 m
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The
Statue of Liberty was declared a national monument
in 1924.
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On
Sept. 26, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon dedicated
the American Museum of Immigration, housed in
structural additions to the base of the statue.
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The
French-American Committee for the Restoration of the
Statue of Liberty was established in 1981.
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The
Statue of Liberty National Monument officially
celebrated her 100th birthday on October 28, 1986.
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Over
the years, the Statue of Liberty has grown to
include freedom and democracy as well as this
international friendship.
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