18/01/2025
WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT THE STATUE OF LIBERTY:
Statue of liberty is a majestic copper sculpture that towers above Liberty Island at the entrance to New York Harbor in Upper New York bay.
This famous figure of a robed woman holding a torch is one of the largest statues ever built.
The statue's complete name is Liberty Enlightening the World. 🌍
The people of France gave the Statue of Liberty to the people of United States in 1884.
This gift was an expression of friendship and of the ideal of liberty shared by both peoples.
French citizens donated the money to build the statue, and people in the United States raised the funds to construct the foundation and the pedestal (base).
The french sculptor frédéric Auguste Bartholdi designed the statue and chose its site.
The Statue of Liberty is a monumental feat of sculpture, engineering, and architecture. It attracts visitors from all over the world. 🌍
The Statue of Liberty and a former immigration station at Ellis Island make up the Statue of Liberty National Park Monument, which is administered by the National by the National Park Service.
The park Service made major repairs and improvements of the statue during the 1980's.
This huge restoration project was completed in 1986- the hundredth anniversary of the dedication of the Statue of Liberty in the United States.
The Statue as a Symbol
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The Statue of Liberty has become a symbol of the United States and an expression of freedom to people throughout the world 🌍
The Statue shows Liberty as a goddess draped in the graceful folds of a loose robe.In her uplifted right hand, she holds a glowing torch. She wears a crown with seven spikes that stand for the light of liberty shining on the seven seas and seven continents. With her left arm, she cradles a tablet bearing the date of the Declaration of Independence.
A chain that represents tyranny(unjust rule) lies broken at her feet.
Millions of immigrants passed the Statue of Liberty as they entered the United States.For them, the statue was a strong, welcoming figure holding out the promise of freedom and opportunity. The American poet Emma Lazarus expressed this idea of the statue as " Mother of Exiles" in a famous poem written in 1883. This poem, titled "The New Colossus" was inscribed on the bronze plaque placed on the interior wall of the pedestal of the monument in 1903. The poem reads:
Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame, With conquering limbs astride from land to land;
Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame is the imprisoned lightning, and her name Mother of Exiles.
From her beacon-hand Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command the air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame.
"Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!" cries she with silent lips.
