The 19th-century American poet Emma Lazarus said she wrote the sonnet “The New Colossus” to raise money for the construction of the Statue of Liberty because she believed the statue would ...

showing us the path to liberty. The current torch on the statue was replaced in 1986, and reflects the sun’s rays in the daytime, while at night time it is lit by 16 floodlights. Meanwhile ...

The installation “We the people (detail)” was a deconstructed replica of the Statue of Liberty housed at an art museum in Kassel Germany. AP Photo/Jens Meyer Dislocation has been a recurrent ...

So it will be just fine here at home,” Mr. Glucksmann said. The Statue of Liberty was given to America by France and unveiled in New York in 1886 to commemorate America’s centennial. Mr. Glucksmann ...

"No one, of course, will come and steal the Statue of Liberty. The statue is yours. But what it embodies belongs to everyone. And if the free world no longer interests your government, then we ...

The original torch, replaced by a replica in the 1980s, takes pride of place in the new Statue of Liberty Museum on Liberty Island. S. Pelly / Musée des Arts et Métiers The Statue of Liberty ...

A little over a year ago, while trying to secure votes to pass a $1.2-trillion spending package, House Speaker Mike Johnson reportedly told the fiscal conservative members of his party to vote for ...