The Statue of Liberty is a monument symbolizing the United States. Its full name is "Liberty Enlightening the World."
The Statue of Liberty was given to the United States by the people of France in 1886, to represent the friendship between the two countries established during the American Revolution.
France financed the 46-metre (151 ft) high statue and the Americans built and financed the 47-metre (154 ft) pedestal.
Though the Americans only had to pay for the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty, they struggled to pull together funding. Newspaper publisher Joseph Pulitzer started a crowdfunding campaign and gathered $100,000 from more than 120,000 contributors, most of whom gave less than $1.
The statue, was designed by French sculptor Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi. Maurice Koechlin, who was chief engineer of Gustave Eiffel's engineering company and designer of the Eiffel Tower, designed the internal structure.
When the Statue of Liberty was shipped from France to New York aboard the French steamer Isère, it was packed below decks in 212 wooden crates. When it arrived in New York Harbor on June 17, 1886, The New York Times reported, "the eyes and nose filled one crate, the forehead another, an ear and part of the crown another."
The statue was dedicated on October 28, 1886. President Grover Cleveland, the former New York governor, presided over the event, which was marked by the city's first ticker-tape parade.
The Statue of Liberty was originally a dull copper color, but after 20 years it oxidized and was covered in green petina. Congress wanted to paint away the corrosion, but the Army Corps of Engineers concluded it "softened the outlines of the Statue and made it beautiful."
The Statue of Liberty is 306 ft tall from the ground to the tip of its gold-plated torch. Its face is based on the mother of its sculptor, Frederic Bartholdi.
American poet Emma Lazarus' 1883 sonnet The New Colossus is inscribed on the base of the Statue of Liberty. The poem, which she wrote in two days, says "Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, the wretched refuse of your teeming shore."
The statue is situated in Upper New York Bay on Liberty Island south of Ellis Island, which together comprise the Statue of Liberty National Monument. It welcomes visitors, immigrants, and returning Americans travelling by ship.
From 1886 to 1902 the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor was officially a lighthouse. An electric light in its torch was visible for 24 miles.
The Statue of Liberty was damaged during World War 1. During the war, German agents bombed "Black Tom Island", a major U.S. munitions facility neighboring Liberty Island. The explosion destroyed $22,000,000 worth of military goods and damaged Lady Liberty's torch.
The Statue of Liberty was not designated a New York City landmark until 1976.
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The Statue of Liberty was given to the United States by the people of France in 1886, to represent the friendship between the two countries established during the American Revolution.
France financed the 46-metre (151 ft) high statue and the Americans built and financed the 47-metre (154 ft) pedestal.
Though the Americans only had to pay for the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty, they struggled to pull together funding. Newspaper publisher Joseph Pulitzer started a crowdfunding campaign and gathered $100,000 from more than 120,000 contributors, most of whom gave less than $1.
The statue, was designed by French sculptor Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi. Maurice Koechlin, who was chief engineer of Gustave Eiffel's engineering company and designer of the Eiffel Tower, designed the internal structure.
When the Statue of Liberty was shipped from France to New York aboard the French steamer Isère, it was packed below decks in 212 wooden crates. When it arrived in New York Harbor on June 17, 1886, The New York Times reported, "the eyes and nose filled one crate, the forehead another, an ear and part of the crown another."
The statue was dedicated on October 28, 1886. President Grover Cleveland, the former New York governor, presided over the event, which was marked by the city's first ticker-tape parade.
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| Unveiling of the Statue of Liberty Enlightening the World (1886) by Edward Moran |
The Statue of Liberty was originally a dull copper color, but after 20 years it oxidized and was covered in green petina. Congress wanted to paint away the corrosion, but the Army Corps of Engineers concluded it "softened the outlines of the Statue and made it beautiful."
The Statue of Liberty is 306 ft tall from the ground to the tip of its gold-plated torch. Its face is based on the mother of its sculptor, Frederic Bartholdi.
American poet Emma Lazarus' 1883 sonnet The New Colossus is inscribed on the base of the Statue of Liberty. The poem, which she wrote in two days, says "Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, the wretched refuse of your teeming shore."
The statue is situated in Upper New York Bay on Liberty Island south of Ellis Island, which together comprise the Statue of Liberty National Monument. It welcomes visitors, immigrants, and returning Americans travelling by ship.
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From 1886 to 1902 the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor was officially a lighthouse. An electric light in its torch was visible for 24 miles.
The Statue of Liberty was damaged during World War 1. During the war, German agents bombed "Black Tom Island", a major U.S. munitions facility neighboring Liberty Island. The explosion destroyed $22,000,000 worth of military goods and damaged Lady Liberty's torch.
The Statue of Liberty was not designated a New York City landmark until 1976.
During renovation works to the Statue of Liberty before centennial celebrations in 1986, engineers found numerous defects when it was originally designed and constructed. These include the head being two meters (6 feet 7 inches) off center, and the right arm not being properly attached.
The underwater portion of Liberty Island, where the Statue of Liberty sits, is part of New Jersey, not New York.
There's a Statue of Liberty in Paris that faces the Statue of Liberty in America, to symbolize the friendship between the two countries.
The Statue of Liberty has a "Morton's Toe"—her second toe is longer than her big toe.
The Statue of Liberty wears size 879 sandal.
The Statue of Liberty walks over a broken chain and shackle, half-hidden by her robes and difficult to see from the ground. They represent freedom and the end of servitude and oppression.
The Statue of Liberty is estimated to be hit by about 600 bolts of lightning every year.
The climb up the inside of the Statue of Liberty to the observation deck in the statue's head takes in 354 spiral steps — which is the equivalent of climbing 20 floors in a building.
The stairs to the torch have been closed to the public since 1916, when German saboteurs triggered an explosion.
The underwater portion of Liberty Island, where the Statue of Liberty sits, is part of New Jersey, not New York.
There's a Statue of Liberty in Paris that faces the Statue of Liberty in America, to symbolize the friendship between the two countries.
The Statue of Liberty has a "Morton's Toe"—her second toe is longer than her big toe.
The Statue of Liberty wears size 879 sandal.
The Statue of Liberty walks over a broken chain and shackle, half-hidden by her robes and difficult to see from the ground. They represent freedom and the end of servitude and oppression.
The Statue of Liberty is estimated to be hit by about 600 bolts of lightning every year.
The climb up the inside of the Statue of Liberty to the observation deck in the statue's head takes in 354 spiral steps — which is the equivalent of climbing 20 floors in a building.
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| Staircase to crown. By NPS Photo |
The stairs to the torch have been closed to the public since 1916, when German saboteurs triggered an explosion.
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