The Statue of Liberty was a gift from the French people commemorating the alliance of France and the United States during the American Revolution. Yet, it represented much more to those individuals who proposed the gift.
Apart from being the most famous monument in the world and not just in the United States, the statue also represents the friendship between France and the United States, who were allies when the Americans were fighting for freedom against the British. The statue is said to be America’s most prized gift even today because of the message that it echoes across the world and helps portray the US as a beacon of freedom and liberty. The 134-year-old statue was a gift from the people of France to the United States and was designed by French sculptor Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi and engineer Gustave Eiffel, the maker of the Eiffel tower in Paris.
The project was announced by French political thinker Laboulaye following the war with Prussia in order to cement deeper ties with the US. At the start, the statue was given the name Liberty Enlightening the World, and a fundraising arm was set up in order to raise funds for the completion of the statue. The project faced a lot of setbacks but after several fundraising efforts, including one by Joseph Pulitzer, whose name is best known for the Pulitzer Prizes, the statue was completed and was installed at Liberty Island Manhattan, where it stands tall even today.
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