What does the Statue of Liberty stand for?

 

 

France gifted the Statue of Liberty to the United States as a symbol of their friendship and to celebrate America’s success in building a democracy. It was given on the suggestion of the French jurist Edouard de Laboulaye as the American civil war was ending. The statue, initially called Liberty Enlightening the World, was designed by sculptor Frederic Auguste Bartholdi. The plan was to finish the statue in time for the 100th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence in 1876.

The Statue of Liberty is located on Liberty Island in the Upper New York Bay. It is 93 metres tall, including the pedestal. The statue depicts a woman, with her right hand holding a torch aloft and her left hand carrying a tablet on which the adoption date of the Declaration of Independence is inscribed. It is possible to get on the 8.8 metre torch using a 12.8 metre service ladder inside the statue’s arm. Visitors can also reach the observation deck in the pedestal through a staircase or elevator. The sonnet The New Colossus by Emma Lazarus has been inscribed on the plaque at the entrance of the pedestal.

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