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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.
The Statue of Liberty was gifted to the United States by the French people and revealed to the world in New York harbor on Oct. 28, 1886. (iStock) Another X user commented, "I agree with the mural." ...
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 ...
The Statue of Liberty, France's gift to the U.S., was originally viewed as a tribute to the end of slavery. But poet Emma Lazarus reimagined Lady Liberty as a "mother of exiles," welcoming ...
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 ...
For roughly 30 years, a Statue of Liberty simulacrum stood in downtown Yakima, and if a Yakima historian has his way, it will once again grace “The Palm Springs of Washington.” ...
The people of France gifted the Statue of Liberty to the American people, not to the US government or one government official The Statue of Liberty is seen from the Staten Island Ferry, Monday ...
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.
As the back-and-forth between Miller and Acosta turned into a tense discussion over immigration policy, a number social media users questioned why the date of the poem's inclusion on the statue ...