9 interesting Facts About the Statue of Liberty You haven’t heard before

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Here are some interesting facts about the Statue of Liberty you haven’t heard before:

1.         The Statue of Liberty is a popular neoclassical sculpture located on Liberty Island in New York Harbor. The sculpture was a gift from the people of France to the people of the United States.

2.         The statue of Liberty was designed by-Frederic Auguste Bartholdi a French sculptor while its metal framework was built by-Gustave Eiffel.

3.         The Statue of Liberty replicates the figure of Libertas-a robed Roman liberty goddess. The statue holds a torch just above her head in her right hand and in her left hand, the statue carries a tabula-ansata.

4.         Her foot is coupled with a broken shackle and a chain as she walks forward commemorating the national abolition of slavery.

5.         Today the statue is celebrated for being an icon of freedom, as a symbol of welcoming the immigrants arriving at the sea.

6.         The head and the torch-bearing arm was completed by Bartholdi before the statue was fully designed, these 2 pieces were exhibited at international expositions.

7.         In 1901 the statue was administered by the United States Lighthouse Board and then by the Department of War.

8.         Since 1933 the Statue of Liberty has been maintained by the National Park Service as part of the Statue of Liberty National Monument.

9.         The Statue was first proposed by the French people by Edouard Rene de Laboulaye who was the President of the French Anti-slavery society.

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