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The statue of liberty
A begon of hope for more than one hundred twenty years
The statue of liberty has stood ted the entrance to new york carbor as a beacon of hope for people coming to the united states by ship
Although most people refer to it as the statue of liberty
The lady liberty
The statues full name is liberty and lightning the world
The name recalls the statues of original purpose from eighteen
Eighty six to ninety nine two
It served as a lighhouse for boats entering new york carbor
Immigrants from many countries of the world
Ireland
Germany
France and england to name just a few were welcome to the land of opportunity by the light of lady liberties torch
Which can be seen from almost forty kilometres away
One of the most recognizable symbols in the world
The statue of liberty has come to represent the principles on which the united states of america was founded freedom and opportunity
Lady liberty stands forty six meters tall on top of a petastol that adds another forty seven meters to her height
With the exception of the steel framework which was designed by gooster of iphone
The man who built the famous iphl tower in paris
The entire monument is made of copper
It localocated liberberty island lies in new york carbor
Near the mouth of the hudds and river
Prior to the erection of the statue of liberty
The island was called bedlose island
It was officially renamed liberty island in one hundred and fifty six nine years later
The neighbouring alasyland bebecame part of the statue of liberty national monument
Although it represents america and its values the statue itself was not created there
It was designed in built in france as a gesture of international friendship and cooperation between the two countries
The french gave the statue to the united states as a gift to mark one hundred and anniversary of the signing of the american declaration of independence
The french sculpter
Fridererk or goose portality was higher to sign n sculppor
He decided to fashion ate after the romin goddess libertowho represented liberty to symbolize america's 's commitment to the rights of life
Liberty and the pursuit of happiness outlined by thomas
Jefferin
The declaration of independence
Berthali designed lady liberty
So her left hand holds a tablet that reads in roman numerals
July fourth
Seventeen
Seventy six
Which is the date
That the american colonies declared their independence from britain
Barali also placed broken shackles at the feet of the statue to represent freedom from tyranny and depression the seven spikes in the crown
Symbolized the world seventies and seven continents
While bartdi and the french were building the statue
It was up to americans to erect the petastol on which the classical yet severe and calm statue would stand the americans were having difficulty raising money for the petastol
So the newspaper publisher joseph pollizer used the editorial section of his newspapers to publish articles
Difficzing people who were not contributing to the fund raising efforts
This tactic worked and by eigheighty eighty five enough money had been raised is to finance the petastal's construction
Lady liberty's right arm which holds the torch was finished first and sent to phillillhia penpensysylvanan eighteen seventy ty
Where it was displayed for the hundred
Hundred anniversary of the signing of the declaration inindependthe ararwas was later shipped to new york and exhibited in medicine square
Until the rest of the monument was done
The french completed the rest of the statuand
Eighty eigheighty four
Since its petaststto neyork
But sinhundred and twenty five time gift remained in france
Until eighty eighty five
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It was then dismantled into three hundred and fifty pieces packed into two hundred and fourteen crates and shipped to new york city
It took four months to completely reassemble the statue
When it was finished us
President grover cleveland traveled to new york city
To dedicate the monument on october
Twenty eighth
Eighteen
Eighty six
The symbolism of the monument inspired poet emalazzres to write a poem comparing the statue of liberty to the collsis of roads
The collsses of roads
A huge statue of helius
The greek god of the sun and illumination was one of the seven wonders of the world
Lasari's lines will forever be associated with the statue of liberty in the minds of americans
Give me your tired
Your poor
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free the retchired refuse of your teaming shore sent these the homeless tempers toss to me
I lift my lamp beside the golden door in one thousand nine hundred o three
Her poem
The nunew loloswas was enraved on a pluk
And mounted on the inner wall of the monument's petastol
The statue was badly damaged in one thousand nine and sixteen
When a nearby munitions plana jjseseblelew up
And what has been called the black tomexplosion the resulting damage to the torch was so extensive
That this part had to be closed to visitors
Unfortunately the repairs were not done well
And the torch leaked when it rained or snowed moisture then got into the rest of the monument
Causing severe rusting and corrosion the damage in neglect over the years
Meant that extensive renovations were needed before the statues one thousand nine hundred and eighty six centannio drowing these renovations
American in french workers together created a new torch made of copper and covered in gold leaf to replace the damaged glass in medal one
After the attacks on the world trade center in the petagon on september eleven
Two thousand one liberty island was closed for three months
The statue of liberty however wasn't reopen to the public for nenearly three years
The crown was closed
Permanently
Because there is no way ququickly evacuate visitors in case of emergency time time ammped tickets are required for those who want to enter the monument
Itself the experiences
The view from the tenth floor pedestol observataty security measures for the statue of liberty have also been increased since the nine eleven tragedy visitors have to go through security screenenings like those at us airports before they board the ferry to either elasasisland or liberty island
Many have suggested that america's values are changing for the worse
They cite the limited access to one of the nation's most enduring symbols of tolerance as evidence the monument and what it represents have faced many challenges over the years yet
The statue of liberty continues to stand in new york carbor
Welcoming those who seek refuge in america
And reminding the world of the values and principles on which america was built
