The Statue of Liberty underwent a major restoration in the mid ‘80s, leading up to its centennial. Lady Liberty got several cosmetic updates, as well as a new stainless steel framework on the ...

The Statue of Liberty was the work of French sculptor Frédéric-Auguste Bartholdi. For more than a century, people have wondered about the model Bartholdi used for Lady Liberty. Historical ...

Sculptor Frédéric-Auguste Bartholdi liked the idea and began creating "Liberty Enlightening the World" in 1870. Some mock drawings of the statue included an Egyptian woman marking the ...

I remember nearly 10 years ago the horrific incident involving a 35-year-old father from Arkansas looking to experience the Statue of Liberty with his wife and kids. He was sucker punched by an ...

A century-old Statue of Liberty replica has called the St. Louis region - specifically Sauget, Illinois - home for nearly two years. But unlike the original in New York, the statue in Sauget ...

PARIS (AP) — Hey, America: Give the Statue of Liberty back to France. So says a French politician who is making headlines in his country for suggesting that the U.S. is no longer worthy of the ...

The statue’s history began when Édouard de Laboulaye, a French legal expert, poet, author and abolitionist, conceived of a monumental gift to the U.S. in 1865, one that would celebrate the end ...

The Statue of Liberty, gifted to the American people, is accessible to the public The Statue of Liberty was not a gift to a specific government official nor the U.S. government.

French politician calls for Statue of Liberty to return to France. Here's why it won't happen FILE - The Statue of Liberty is seen from the Staten Island Ferry, Monday, Sept. 9, 2024, in New York.

The statue was a gift of friendship to America from France. Inaugurated in 1886, it represents Libertas, the Roman liberty goddess, bearing a torch in her right hand and a tablet in her left hand ...

For more than 100 days, this America has self-deported from defending liberty, democracy, national security and free speech, tarnishing the image of the Statue of Liberty lighting the way to freedom.