2006-11-02 04:05:33 · 7 answers · asked by jessica g 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
It was given to the American people by the French people. It was a people-to-people thing, not a government thing. It was put in New York harbor specifically because people from France come to America over the Atlantic ocean, and the majority of immigrants from Europe at that time came into New York. Still do, I suppose, although with air traffic so common, perhaps it is no longer true.
2006-11-02 04:18:06 · answer #1 · answered by auntb93again 7 · 48⤊ 15⤋
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2015-08-11 21:48:06 · answer #2 · answered by Chloe 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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No, it's not. Leave "our lady" alone. Barack can't hold a candle to her. She is one of few reminders of an America we once had. Gone forever. My father lost a leg in World War II. He lay in the snow freezing, bleeding, until a medic came to help. Then the medic was shot, and fell on top of him. That probably was the only thing that saved my father. Men like my dad fought for this country in vain. He'd be turning over in his grave if he knew our dear president didn't even have the decency to put his hand over his heart while saying the Pledge of Allegiance. Shame on Obama. God help us all.
2016-04-08 01:47:26 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Question that never been asked probably is " why the statue is a lady icon, not a man ?"
2015-06-17 01:07:34 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Liberty Enlightening the World (La liberté éclairant le monde), known more commonly as the Statue of Liberty, is a statue given to the United States by France in 1885, standing at Liberty Island in the mouth of the Hudson River in New York Harbor as a welcome to all visitors, immigrants, and returning Americans. The copper statue, dedicated on October 28, 1886, commemorates the centennial of the United States and is a gesture of friendship between the two nations. The sculptor was Frederic Auguste Bartholdi. Alexandre Gustave Eiffel, the designer of the Eiffel Tower, engineered the internal structure. Eugène Viollet-le-Duc was responsible for the choice of copper in the statue's construction and adoption of the Repoussé technique. The Statue of Liberty is one of the most recognizable icons of the U.S. worldwide, and, in a more general sense, represents liberty and escape from oppression. The Statue of Liberty was, from 1886 until the Jet age, often the first glimpse of the United States for millions of immigrants after ocean voyages from Europe. In terms of visual impact, the Statue of Liberty appears to draw inspiration from il Sancarlone or the Colossus of Rhodes.
2006-11-02 04:11:19 · answer #5 · answered by Barkley Hound 7 · 36⤊ 5⤋
To me the funniest thing about the history of the Statue of Liberty is that when it arrived the people of New York hated it and thought it was completely ugly. They bombarded the mayor with requests to remove it, but the mayor wouldn't because he knew that what be an international catastrophe. Now everyone loves it, but I find it hillarious that it didn't startout that way.
2006-11-02 04:49:54 · answer #6 · answered by Michelle R 3 · 10⤊ 7⤋
It was a gift from a foreign country...France I think.
2006-11-02 04:07:11 · answer #7 · answered by Emily B 4 · 3⤊ 10⤋