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2006-11-06 01:02:32 · 4 answers · asked by dana s 1 in Arts & Humanities History

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Hey Dana,
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,[1] 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.

2006-11-06 01:05:28 · answer #1 · answered by BuyTheSeaProperty 7 · 3 0

Statue of Liberty was shipped to New York City in 1885, assembled, and dedicated in 1886

Liberty, Statue of, statue on Liberty Island in Upper New York Bay, commanding the entrance to New York City. Liberty Island, c.10 acres (4 hectares), formerly Bedloe's Island (renamed in 1956), was the former site of a quarantine station and harbor fortifications. The statue, originally known as Liberty Enlightening the World, was proposed by the French historian Édouard Laboulaye in 1865 to commemorate the alliance of France with the American colonies during the American Revolution and, according to scholars, was originally intended as an antimonarchy and antislavery symbol. Funds were raised by the Franco-American Union (est. 1875), and the statue was designed by the French sculptor F. A. Bartholdi in the form of a woman with an uplifted arm holding a torch. Believed to be the tallest metal statue ever made, 152 ft (46 m) in height, it was constructed of copper sheets, using Bartholdi's 9-ft (2.7-m) model. It was shipped to New York City in 1885, assembled, and dedicated in 1886.

The base of the statue is an 11-pointed star, part of old Fort Wood; a 150-ft (45-m) pedestal, built through American funding, is made of concrete faced with granite. On it is a tablet, affixed in 1903, inscribed with “The New Colossus,” the famous sonnet of Emma Lazarus, welcoming immigrants to the United States. By the early 20th cent, this greeting to the arriving stranger had become the statue's primary symbolic message. Broadening in its meaning, the statue became a symbol of America during World War I and a ubiquitous democratic symbol during World War II. An elevator runs to the top of the pedestal, and steps within the statue lead to the crown, but the public has not been permitted to climb to crown since Sept., 2001, when access to the statue was restricted for reasons of security and, subsequently, safety. The statue was extensively refurbished prior to its centennial celebration in 1986. The Statue of Liberty became a national monument in 1924. In 1965, Ellis Island, the entrance point of millions of immigrants to the United States, was added to the monument.

2006-11-06 01:21:47 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1 0

The points on the statues head represent the oceans in the world.

2006-11-06 09:22:13 · answer #3 · answered by travelgirl 2 · 0 0

no longer very similiar- properly, enable's initiate with an obvious element: a million.unlawful immigrant isn't a race it somewhat is a time era used to define a miles off places national interior the borders of u . s . without authorization. 2. unlawful immigrants would be any race 3. There are human beings from international huge in u . s .- they chosen this usa as their residing house and that they chosen to learn English with a view to grow to be an part of this usa no longer a burden. If all of us desires to come again into this usa they'd achieve this legally in spite of color yet they do would desire to fulfill particular standards only like all different usa. no one desires- criminals, intense college drop outs or un experienced workers so nope those variety isn't entering into right here legally nor would desire to they- we've particularly some the residing house grown variety- why might we import them. u . s . like all different usa interior the international has the marvelous and the criminal duty to alter who comes into this usa. upload: If we had hundreds of thousands flooding in from the North we would yet that's no longer the case as you and the the remainder of the country are properly conscious. perchance you're conscious of 3 good sized breach of border protection on the Northern border that competitors the loads of thousands coming from our Southern border? It does seem unusual that we've not got the comparable variety of difficulty with our pals to the North as we do to the South. would desire to be a cultural factor.

2016-10-21 08:42:49 · answer #4 · answered by reatherford 4 · 0 0

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