2007-12-28 19:15:09 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Freedom Timeline 1886 the Statue of Liberty.
What is the tallest gift received by the United States? Located in New York Harbor, the 152-foot Statue of Liberty was a gift of international friendship from the people of France to the people of the United States.
In 1865, Edourd de Laboulaye of France developed the idea of creating a giant statue to honor the friendship and the commitment to liberty between France and the United States.
French sculptor Auguste Bartholdi and structural engineer Gustave Eiffel finished the project in Paris, and the French people presented it to the people of America on July 4, 1884.
The statue was then shipped across the Atlantic in 214 crates broken into 350 individual separate pieces.
The Statue of Liberty was dedicated on October 28, 1886, and President Grover Cleveland accepted the statue on behalf of the American people.
2007-12-28 22:30:17 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 7⤋
A symbol liberty friendship between France and the United States ! The French Lady Liberty made her way to New York as a True Freedom French Gift. To French Truth, Looking for French? Liberty Equality Fraternity
2015-06-22 22:23:53 · answer #2 · answered by Surasak 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
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why did france build and then "give" the statue of liberty to USA?
2015-08-18 05:08:26 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
they give it to US because it is their gift to US and as a symbol of their friendship. and also since 1903, the statue, also known as "Lady Liberty," has been associated with Emma Lazarus's poem The New Colossus and has been a symbol of welcome to arriving immigrants, who could see the statue when they got close to the U.S. meaning, it became a sign that US is willing to accept immigrants from france.
2007-12-28 19:45:33 · answer #4 · answered by pao d historian 6 · 5⤊ 3⤋
It was to commemorate so many years of alliance between the US and France. Someone else will specify more im sure..
2007-12-28 19:23:46 · answer #5 · answered by rlstoner2004 3 · 4⤊ 3⤋
Maybe yeah
2016-09-19 15:32:00 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
To commemorate the centenary of the American revolution
2007-12-29 04:49:17 · answer #7 · answered by brainstorm 7 · 5⤊ 2⤋
I was curious about this as well
2016-07-30 10:55:16 · answer #8 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, it depends..
2016-08-26 14:42:46 · answer #9 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they lost a bet
2015-06-17 05:19:07 · answer #10 · answered by Jazzy Jeff 1 · 1⤊ 4⤋